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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 Turn wood
Description
Turn wood in chiefly two methods, spindle and faceplate turning. The key difference between these two is the orientation of the wood grain relative to the axis of the lathe.
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 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- WoodturnerWoodturners use a lathe to remove superfluous material from wood. The lathe turns the workpiece around its axis, as shape tools are used to obtain the desired shape. Other…
Related skills
- Furniture wood types
- Types of wood
- Quality standards
- Dispose of non-hazardous waste
- Position cross slide of a lathe
- Manufacturing of furniture
- Use turning tools
- Meet contract specifications
- Avoid tear-out in woodworking
- Check quality of raw materials
- Wood cuts
- Identify hazards in the workplace
- Manipulate wood
- Keep records of work progress
