Will “Linderman” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

97% Chance of Automation

“Linderman” will almost certainly be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #645 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

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Job Description

Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines. May operate CNC equipment.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-7042.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 29,850.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 76,130 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing”.

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Tasks for “Linderman”

Install and adjust blades, cutterheads, boring-bits, or sanding-belts, using hand tools and rules.
Set up, program, operate, or tend computerized or manual woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, or wood-nailing machines.
Operate gluing machines to glue pieces of wood together, or to press and affix wood veneer to wood surfaces.
Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications.
Unclamp workpieces and remove them from machines.
Change alignment and adjustment of sanding, cutting, or boring machine guides to prevent defects in finished products, using hand tools.
Clean or maintain products, machines, or work areas.
Remove and replace worn parts, bits, belts, sandpaper, or shaping tools.
Attach and adjust guides, stops, clamps, chucks, or feed mechanisms, using hand tools.
Feed stock through feed mechanisms or conveyors into planing, shaping, boring, mortising, or sanding machines to produce desired components.
Adjust machine tables or cutting devices and set controls on machines to produce specified cuts or operations.
Inspect pulleys, drive belts, guards, or fences on machines to ensure that machines will operate safely.
Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.
Grease or oil woodworking machines.
Secure woodstock against a guide or in a holding device, place woodstock on a conveyor, or dump woodstock in a hopper to feed woodstock into machines.
Examine raw woodstock for defects and to ensure conformity to size and other specification standards.
Sharpen knives, bits, or other cutting or shaping tools.
Push or hold workpieces against, under, or through cutting, boring, or shaping mechanisms.
Control hoists to remove parts or products from work stations.
Inspect and mark completed workpieces and stack them on pallets, in boxes, or on conveyors so that they can be moved to the next workstation.
Determine product specifications and materials, work methods, and machine setup requirements, according to blueprints, oral or written instructions, drawings, or work orders.
Trim wood parts according to specifications, using planes, chisels, or wood files or sanders.
Select knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits, or belts, according to workpiece, machine functions, or product specifications.
Set up, program, or control computer-aided design (CAD) or computer numerical control (CNC) machines.
Examine finished workpieces for smoothness, shape, angle, depth-of-cut, or conformity to specifications and verify dimensions, visually and using hands, rules, calipers, templates, or gauges.
Start machines and move levers to engage hydraulic lifts that press woodstocks into desired forms and disengage lifts after appropriate drying times.

Related Technology & Tools

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Safety glasses
Holding jigs
Boring machines
Shaping machines
Conveyor feeders
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Shapers
Height gauges
Boring bars
Dial calipers
Screw pocket machines
Double end tenoners
Protective ear muffs
Spray guns
Precision rulers
Line boring machines
Spindle shapers
Woodworking chisels
Grease guns
Adjustable hand wrenches
Vernier calipers
Biscuit jointers
Claw hammers
Protractors
Hydraulic hot presses
Digital calipers
Wood files
Wide belt sanders
Layout templates
Pneumatic sanding machines
Bench grinders
Lathes
Case clamps
Combination squares
Holding clamps
Paint application brushes
Drill presses
Random orbital sanders
Computer terminals
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Power routers
Power sanders
Desktop computers
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Automatic panel saws
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Tenoners
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Profile grinders
Dividers

Timekeeping software
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Microsoft Word
Computerized numerical control CNC software
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