8173-Wood Products Machine Operators

Job Title: 

Wood Products Machine Operators

Job Description: 

Wood products machine operators monitor and operate automatic and semi-automatic woodworking machines which perform repetitive work.

Tasks: 

Tasks include:

  • operating and monitoring woodworking machines for sawing, shaping, boring, planning, turning or carving wood
Additional Notes: 


This unit group includes

Woodworking machine operator (general)
Fret-saw operator
Boring machine operator (woodworking)
Pencil making machine operator
Wood turning lathe operator

This unit group excludes

Wood processing plant operators (8172)

Specific Occupations: 

81731
Woodworking machine setter-operator

81732
Precision wood sawyer

81739
Other wood products machine operators

International Careers(ISCO): 
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Source Of Info: 

Source: SINGAPORE STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION 2015, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Singapore