Skills
38 skills are associated with this occupation.
0 skills selected
Essential knowledge
3 skills
Essential skills / competences
13 skills
Optional knowledge
2 skills
Optional skills / competences
20 skills
Overview
Wood pallet makers produce wooden pallets for storage, shipping and handling by operating machines that nail treated planks into standard pallet forms.
In job descriptions, look for pallet dimensions, nailing machinery, conveyor belts, test runs, product quality checks, production data, forklift operation, empty pallet stacking, saw blades and machine safety.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
The work is standardized wood-product production. A pallet maker feeds treated planks into nailing machinery, monitors conveyors, checks dimensions and removes or stacks finished pallets.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes pallet types, pallet dimensions, nailing machines, saw-blade changes, test runs, routine machinery checks, forklift use, product-quality inspection and safe work around moving equipment.
Salary context
Pay context depends on production pace, machine responsibility, quality-control records, forklift duties, troubleshooting, shift work, waste handling and whether the role sets up machinery or only operates it.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward machine setting, production line coordination, quality control, warehouse or forklift responsibility, maintenance support or broader woodworking-machine operation.
Good to know
Check whether adverts specify pallet standards, nailing equipment, conveyor monitoring, stacking targets, treatment methods, machine checks, cutting waste and responsibility for rejecting inadequate workpieces.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Woodworking-machine tool setters and operators (7523)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a77bc925-c441-42f2-92d4-666b103fc025 |
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| ESCO code | 7523.4 |
| ISCO group | 7523 |
| Concept type | Occupation |