Annual Salary
£16,000 to £28,000
Average UK salary in 2022 was £33,200
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Wood machinists cut and prepare timber for use in wood products.
Average UK salary in 2022 was £33,200
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: evenings / weekends; on shifts
There will be
5.8% fewer Wood machinist jobs in 2027.
In this role you could:
You may need to wear safety clothing and use safety equipment.
You could work in a workshop or at a sawmill.
Your working environment may be dusty, physically demanding and noisy.
You can get into this job through:
You can take a college course that would teach you some of the skills needed. Relevant courses include:
You'll usually need:
You could do a wood product manufacturing operative intermediate apprenticeship or a carpentry and joinery intermediate apprenticeship.
If you want to work in the furniture industry you could do a furniture manufacturing intermediate apprenticeship.
You'll usually need:
You could start as a labourer in construction, or an assistant with a wood products or furniture manufacturing company. You could then specialise in machining work after doing on-the-job training.
You could apply directly to work as a wood machinist. You'll need experience of working with timber.
You can get more details about how to become a wood machinist from Go Construct.
With experience, you could progress to a supervisor role, or move into related work like bench joinery, shopfitting or kitchen and bathroom installation.
Go Construct has information about working in wood machining in the construction industry.
You'll need: