Woodworking Planer Operator

$44,837 (CAD)/yr

$21.56 (CAD)/hr

$574 (CAD)/yr

The average woodworking planer operator gross salary in Trenton, Ontario is $44,837 or an equivalent hourly rate of $22. This is 2% higher (+$686) than the average woodworking planer operator salary in Canada. In addition, they earn an average bonus of $574. Salary estimates based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Trenton, Ontario. An entry level woodworking planer operator (1-3 years of experience) earns an average salary of $36,607. On the other end, a senior level woodworking planer operator (8+ years of experience) earns an average salary of $49,288.

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$50,851 (CAD)

13 %

Based on our compensation data, the estimated salary potential for Woodworking Planer Operator will increase 13 % over 5 years.

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Woodworking Planer Operator, the majority at 100% with high schools.

Typical Field of Study: Furniture Design and Manufacturing Training

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Trenton, Ontario

The cost of living in Trenton, Ontario is 9% more than the average cost of living in Canada. Cost of living is calculated based on accumulating the cost of food, transportation, health services, rent, utilities, taxes, and miscellaneous.

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Trenton (2001 population 16,770) is a large community in Central Ontario in the municipality of Quinte West, Ontario, Canada. Located on the Bay of Quinte, it is the starting point for the Trent-Severn Waterway, which continues northwest to Peterborough and eventually Port Severn on Georgian Bay.

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Job Description
Sets up and operates power-fed facer or planer machine to surface and size woodstock used in furniture production: selects and installs knives in cutterhead according to work order, using wrenches and gauges. Turns handwheels to adjust table level, pressure bars, and feed rolls according to depth of cut and thickness of stock. Starts planer, and positions woodstock on conveyor or... inserts woodstock between feed rolls that carry woodstock through planer. Inspects and feels planed woodstock to verify smoothness of cut and thickness of stock, using gauge and rule. May sharpen cutters on abrasive wheel or stone. May operate circular saw to remove woodstock defects, such as splits and holes, and to square ends of stock prior to processing boards through planer cut-off-saw operator. May signal coworker to stop feeding stock into planer when jams occur.Read More
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