Occupation Atlascabinet maker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e1416610-ad08-4f37-8b46-9f99632a5c0f
cabinet maker
Cabinet 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, planers and saws.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCARealistic · Conventional · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional3.38
- A Artistic2.50
- I Investigative2.05
- E Enterprising1.23
- S Social1.11
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters (51-7011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply a protective layer
- apply wood finishes
- clean wood surface
- construction products
- create furniture frames
- create smooth wood surface
- design objects to be crafted
- design original furniture
- furniture trends
- join wood elements
- operate drilling equipment
- operate wood sawing equipment
- repair furniture frames
- sand wood
- sanding techniques
- technical drawings
- tend boring machine
- types of wood
- wood products
- woodturning
Optional (23)
- CAD software
- apply colour coats
- carve materials
- clean furniture
- create mock-ups
- decorate furniture
- dye wood
- engrave patterns
- engraving technologies
- fix minor scratches
- furniture industry
- handle delivery of furniture goods
- manipulate glass
- manipulate metal
- organic building materials
- pass on trade techniques
- prepare furniture for application of paint
- repair furniture parts
- sell furniture
- sell household goods
- stain wood
- use CAD software
- use substitute materials
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 20 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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frame maker
6 shared · 7 more of its ownapply wood finishes, operate wood sawing equipment, create smooth wood surface, sand wood
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furniture finisher
6 shared · 10 more of its ownsanding techniques, apply wood finishes, clean wood surface, create smooth wood surface
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woodcarver
6 shared · 11 more of its ownapply wood finishes, clean wood surface, operate wood sawing equipment, join wood elements
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