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Career Guidance Skills handling and moving S6.7 - using hand tools S6.7.1 - cutting materials and drilling holes Operate manual planer
Description
Operate a non-automatic or semi-automatic, manual planer for cutting workpiece surfaces, making them levelled.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 0 occupations
- Optional in 5 occupations
- Total: 5 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Optional for
- Table saw operatorTable saw operators work with industrial saws that cut with a rotating circular blade. The saw is built into a table. The operator sets the height of the saw…
- 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…
- Sheet metal workerSheet metal workers in construction use sheet metal to construct roofs, ducts for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, gutters and other metal structures. They read plans and…
- Structural ironworkerStructural ironworker in construction install iron elements into structures. They erect steel frameworks for buildings, bridges and other construction projects. They set metal rods…
- Structural ironwork supervisorStructural ironwork supervisors monitor ironworking activities. They assign tasks and take quick decisions to resolve problems. Other titles The following job titles also refer to …
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- Keep records of work progress
- Cutting technologies
- Metal joining technologies
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- Process incoming construction supplies
- Apply spot welding techniques
- Apply brazing techniques
- Monitor stock level
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Last updated on February 18, 2026
