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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.5 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products S8.5.8 - operating cutting, grinding and smoothing machinery Adjust planer
Description
Use handwheels to adjust table levels and pressure bars of the thickness planer according to the required cut and thickness of the stock.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 0 occupations
- Total: 1 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Planer thicknesser operatorPlaner thicknesser operators use machinery to shave wood planks to a uniform thickness. The machine usually planes both sides of the plank in one operation. They feed the plank…
Related skills
- Monitor conveyor belt
- Perform test run
- Program a CNC controller
- Set up the cutter head
- Conduct routine machinery checks
- Work safely with machines
- Keep records of work progress
- Ensure conformity to specifications
- Pack goods
- Dispose of cutting waste material
- Apply wood finishes
- Sawing techniques
Last updated on February 18, 2026
