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Career Guidance Knowledge engineering, manufacturing and construction K073 - architecture and construction K0732 - building and civil engineering Organic building materials
Description
The types and processing of organic materials to build products or parts of products.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 5 occupations
- Optional in 13 occupations
- Total: 18 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Stringed musical instrument makerStringed musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create stringed instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach stri…
- Membranophone musical instruments makerMembranophone musical instruments makers create and assemble parts to make membranophone instruments to specified instructions or diagrams. They stretch and attach the membrane to …
- Keyboard musical instrument makerKeyboard musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create keyboard instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect …
- Idiophone musical instruments makerIdiophone musical instruments makers create and assemble parts to make idiophone instruments to specified instructions or diagrams. They shape, drill, sand and string the parts tha…
- Wind musical instrument makerWind musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to make wind instruments according to specified instructions and diagrams. They measure and cut the tubing for the resonato…
Optional for
- Harpsichord makerHarpsichord makers create and assemble parts to make harpsichords according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. O…
- Musical instrument technicianMusical instrument technicians maintain, tune and repair musical instruments such as pianos, pipe organs, band instruments, violins and other instruments. Includes people producing…
- Antique furniture reproducerAntique furniture reproducers duplicate and recreate antique furniture. They prepare drawings and templates of the article, create, fit and assemble parts and finish the article af…
- Wooden furniture machine operatorWooden furniture machine operators run machines that manufacture wooden furniture parts, according to the established operating procedure. They ensure the machine works smoothly an…
- Guitar makerGuitar makers create and assemble parts to build guitars according to specified instructions or diagrams. They work wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and in…
- Wicker furniture makerWicker furniture makers choose and prepare materials such as softened rattan or willow branches in order to produce wicker furniture such as chairs, tables and couches. They use ha…
- Piano makerPiano makers create and assemble parts to make pianos according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. Other titles …
- Harp makerHarp makers create and assemble parts to create harps according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and inspe…
- Organ builderOrgan builders create and assemble parts to build organs according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. Other titl…
- Violin makerViolin makers create and assemble parts to create violins according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and i…
- Cabinet makerCabinet makers build cabinets or other pieces of furniture by cutting, shaping and fitting pieces of wood. They use different kind of power and hand tools, such as lathes,…
- Electronic musical instrument makerElectronic musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to make electronic instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They install and test electric pick-u…
- Furniture finisherFurniture finishers treat the surface of wood furniture using hand and power tools to sand, clean and polish. They apply wood coatings onto wooden surfaces by using different techn…
Related skills
- Pass on trade techniques
- Evaluate restoration procedures
- Metalworking
- Apply restoration techniques
- Estimate restoration costs
- Apply a protective layer
- Technical drawings
- Create smooth wood surface
- Identify customer’s needs
- Join wood elements
- Musical instruments
- Sand wood
Last updated on February 18, 2026
