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| MINOR GROUP 742: WOOD TREATERS, CABINET-MAKERS AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
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Wood treaters, cabinet-makers, and related trades workers
season and carve wood and wooden items, make and repair wooden
furniture, wooden fittings, patterns and models, by using tools
and woodworking machines; set or set and operate woodworking
machines, make wicker furniture and related articles, and
decorate and repair wooden articles and wooden parts of goods.
Tasks performed usually include: seasoning and preserving
wood; making, decorating and repairing wooden furniture; making,
decorating and repairing parts of or entire wooden vehicles,
wooden models, patterns, and various articles such as pipes,
wooden skis, shoes, or sports goods; setting or setting and
operating woodworking machines such as those for precision
sawing, shaping or carving; making wicker furniture, baskets and
similar items, or brooms and brushes. Supervision of other
workers may be included.
Occupations in this minor group are classified into the
following unit groups:
7421 Wood treaters
7422 Cabinet-makers and related workers
7423 Woodworking-machine setters and setter-operators
7424 Basketry weavers, brush makers and related workers
Note
Occupations are classified into Major group 8, Plant and
machine operators and assemblers, if the tasks call mainly for
experience with and an understanding of the machinery operated
and monitored.
Occupations are classified into Major group 9, Elementary
occupations, if the tasks are of a simple and routine nature,
mainly entail the use of hand-held tools, some physical effort,
little or no previous experience and understanding of the work,
and limited initiative or judgement.
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