Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

People in this career often have talent in:

• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

• Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• Trunk Strength - The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• Operate computers or computerized equipment.
• Design furniture.
• Assemble wood products.
• Program equipment to perform production tasks.

• Trim excess material from workpieces.
• Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
• Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
• Compare physical characteristics of materials or products to specifications or standards.
• Operate woodworking equipment.
• Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
• Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
• Drill holes in parts, equipment, or materials.
• Attach decorative or functional accessories to products.
• Shape surfaces or edges of wood workpieces.
• Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
• Repair furniture or upholstery.
• Confer with customers or designers to determine order specifications.
• Estimate costs of products, services, or materials.
• Estimate material requirements for production.

• Patternmakers, Wood

• Machinists

• Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

• Model Makers, Metal and Plastic

• Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

• Printing Press Operators

• Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers

• Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic