How to become a Woodworking-Machine Tool Setter or Operator
Official title: Woodworking-Machine Tool Setters and Operators
Woodworking machine tool setters and operators set up and operate automatic or semi-automatic woodworking machines, such as precision sawing, shaping, planing, boring, bending and carving machines, to make or repair wooden furniture parts, fittings and other wood products.
Main tasks
- Set up, adjust, operate and monitor woodworking machines to saw, shape, bore, plane, press, bend, sand or carve wooden furniture parts, fittings and other wood products
- Operate and preset special-purpose woodworking machines to make coat hooks, mop handles, clothes pegs and other wooden products
- Select knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits or belts according to the workpiece, machine functions and product specifications
- Install and adjust blades, cutter heads, bits and sanding belts using hand tools and measuring instruments
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- 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.
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Questions people ask
How much does a Woodworking-Machine Tool Setter or Operator earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$414,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Woodworking-Machine Tool Setter or Operator a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change -0.3% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Woodworking-Machine Tool Setter or Operator?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- 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