Furniture cabinetmaker

• Work Term: Permanent


• Work Language: English or French


• Hours: 40 hours per week


• Education: College/CEGEP


• Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years


• or equivalent experience

Work setting

• Custom cabinet shop
• Furniture manufacturing company
• Residential
• Commercial

Tasks

• Operate woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, mortisers and shapers, to cut, shape and form parts and components
• Prepare specifications of custom-made cabinets that maximize storage
• Instruct apprentices
• Study plans, specifications or drawings of articles to be made
• Operate CADD and other computer software systems
• Trim joints and fit parts and subassemblies together to form complete unit and reinforce joints
• Sand wooden surfaces and apply veneer, stain or polish to finished products; prepare and apply laminated plastics