Manufactured wooden building assembler

Description

Manufactured wooden building assemblers put together wooden elements for use in construction. The elements, or modules, may consist of walls with windows and doors built-in, or may be as large as whole rooms. The assemblers put together the supporting structure, insulation materials, and covering, and fasten it together to obtain usable modules.

Other titles

The following job titles also refer to manufactured wooden building assembler:

prefab house joiner
prefabricated building assembler
prefab house builder
manufactured wooden building joiner
manufactured wooden building fabricator
manufactured building assembler
manufactured wooden building constructor
manufactured wooden building builder
prefab house assembler
prefab house constructor
prefab house fabricator
prefab home assembler
truss assembler

Minimum qualifications

A high school diploma is generally required to work as a manufactured wooden building assembler.

ISCO skill level

ISCO skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. It is measured on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 the lowest level and 4 the highest, by considering:

  • the nature of the work performed in an occupation in relation to the characteristic tasks and duties
  • the level of formal education required for competent performance of the tasks and duties involved and
  • the amount of informal on-the-job training and/or previous experience in a related occupation required for competent performance of these tasks and duties.

Manufactured wooden building assembler is a Skill level 2 occupation.

Manufactured wooden building assembler career path

Similar occupations

These occupations, although different, require a lot of knowledge and skills similar to manufactured wooden building assembler.

wood products assembler
wood sander
woodturner
cooper
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Long term prospects

These occupations require some skills and knowledge of manufactured wooden building assembler. They also require other skills and knowledge, but at a higher ISCO skill level, meaning these occupations are accessible from a position of manufactured wooden building assembler with a significant experience and/or extensive training.

wood assembly supervisor
wood production supervisor
pulp control operator
carpenter supervisor
automated assembly line operator

Essential knowledge and skills

Essential knowledge

This knowledge should be acquired through learning to fulfill the role of manufactured wooden building assembler.

  • Woodworking processes: Steps in the processing of wood for the manufacturing of wooden articles and types of machines used for these processes such as drying, shaping, assembling and surface finishing.
  • Woodworking tools: The various tools used to process wood, such as planers, chisels and lathes.
  • Construction products: The offered construction materials, their functionalities, properties and legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Quality standards: The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
  • Wood products: The various wood products such as lumber and furniture, their functionalities, properties and legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Types of wood: Types of wood, such as birch, pine, poplar, mahogany, maple and tulipwood.

Essential skills and competences

These skills are necessary for the role of manufactured wooden building assembler.

  • Perform pre-assembly quality checks: Inspect product parts for faults or damages, using testing equipment if necessary, and check that the received lot is complete before assembling the finished products.
  • Install wood elements in structures: Install elements made of wood and wood-based composite materials, such as doors, stairs, plinths, and ceiling frames. Assemble and affix the elements, taking care to prevent gaps. Inspect the work and notify the responsible person in case of problems.
  • Join wood elements: Bind wooden materials together using a variety of techniques and materials. Determine the optimal technique to join the elements, like stapling, nail, gluing or screwing. Determine the correct work order and make the joint.
  • Manipulate wood: Manipulate the properties, shape and size of wood.
  • Install insulation material: Place insulation material, often shaped into rolls, in order to insulate a structure from thermical or acoustic influences and to prevent fire. Attach the material using face staples, inset staples, or rely on friction to keep the material in place.
  • Install wood hardware: Use hinges, knobs and rails to fix wooden hardware on wooden elements. Make sure the hardware fits onto or into the element. Make sure moving hardware articulates smoothly and securely.
  • Clean wood surface: Use a variety of techniques on a wood surface to ensure it is free of dust, sawdust, grease, stains, and other contaminants.
  • Use technical documentation: Understand and use technical documentation in the overall technical process.

Optional knowledge and skills

Optional knowledge

This knowledge is sometimes, but not always, required for the role of manufactured wooden building assembler. However, mastering this knowledge allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

  • Types of insulation material: Various types of insulation material and their usage cases, advantages, risks and costs.
  • Plumbing tools: A variety of common plumbing tools and their usage cases, limitations and risks.
  • Wood cuts: Different ways of cutting wood, across the grain or parallel with it, and radial or tangential to the core. The behaviour of cuts of wood under different circumstances and the optimal cut for a given purpose. Influence of special attributes of the wood, like knots or defects.

Optional skills and competences

These skills and competences are sometimes, but not always, required for the role of manufactured wooden building assembler. However, mastering these skills and competences allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

  • Provide technical documentation: Prepare documentation for existing and upcoming products or services, describing their functionality and composition in such a way that it is understandable for a wide audience without technical background and compliant with defined requirements and standards. Keep documentation up to date.
  • Inspect quality of products: Use various techniques to ensure the product quality is respecting the quality standards and specifications. Oversee defects, packaging and sendbacks of products to different production departments.
  • Dispose of cutting waste material: Dispose of possibly hazardous waste material created in the cutting process, such as swarf, scrap and slugs, sort according to regulations, and clean up workplace.
  • Stain wood: Mix ingredients to create a stain and apply a layer to the furniture to give it a specific colour and finish.
  • Wear appropriate protective gear: Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.
  • Read standard blueprints: Read and comprehend standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings.
  • Inspect insulation: Inspect the quality of the insulation of a structure. Inspect the insulation visually to detect any mistakes or defects. Analyse infrared imagery to see any cold bridges, air gaps, or insulation malfunctions.
  • Install plumbing systems: Install systems of pipes, drains, fittings, valves, and fixtures designed for the distribution of potable water for drinking, heating, washing and waste removal.
  • Sand wood: Use sanding machines or hand tools to remove paint or other substances from the surface of the wood, or to smoothen and finish the wood.
  • Sharpen edged tools: Identify dull edges to sharp tools, or any defect in the edge. Use appropriate equipment to safely and effectively sharpen the tool. Maintain and protect sharpened tools. Report irreparable faults to the appropriate person.
  • Prepare production reports: Prepare a comprehensive and unbiased report on wood technology production and progressive development of wood based materials.
  • Check quality of raw materials: Check the quality of basic materials used for the production of semi-finished and finished goods by assessing some of its characteristics and, if needed, select samples to be analysed.
  • Apply technical communication skills: Explain technical details to non-technical customers, stakeholders, or any other interested parties in a clear and concise manner.
  • Create wood joints: Use the proper tools and processes to create the joints where multiple pieces of wood fit together.
  • Keep records of work progress: Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.
  • Construct wood roofs: Build the structural elements of wood flat or pitched roofs. Lay rafters to provide strength and battens at regular intervals to account for lateral forces and attach any covering. Back the weight-bearing elements with panels, such as plywood, and insulation material.
  • Develop assembly instructions: Develop a code of letters and numbers to label diagrams for assembly instructions.
  • Apply wood finishes: Use a variety of techniques to finish wood. Paint, varnish and stain wood to improve its function, durability, or appearance.
  • Operate wood sawing equipment: Operate various machinery and equipment to cut wood in different sizes and shapes.

ISCO group and title

7119 – Building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere classified


References
  1. Manufactured wooden building assembler – ESCO
Last updated on August 26, 2022

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