Wood Treaters, Cabinet-makers and Related Trades Workers

How to become a Wood Dryer Tender or Preserver

Official title: Wood Dryer Tenders and Preservers

Wood treaters dry and preserve timber.

Main tasks

Operate and monitor kilns, treatment tanks and other equipment to dry timber and other wood products
Operate control valves to inject chemicals into treatment tanks, maintaining set temperature, vacuum and pressure and the chemical levels for each stage of the treatment cycle
Use vacuum and pressure pumps to remove air and water vapour and apply pressure so wood pores absorb the chemicals
Monitor equipment operation and instrument and gauge readings to avoid deviations from standards and ensure processes run as specified

Average pay: NT$414,000 a year
Demand for Craft and related trades jobs is projected at about 1,519,000 in 2024 and about 1,515,000 in 2030. (-0.3%)
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Average pay is NT$414,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Demand for this job family is projected to change -0.3% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026