Veneer grader jobs in Finland
Veneer graders inspect slices of veneer for quality. They look for irregularities, blemishes and production errors, and grade the slices for the desirability of the patterns.
Veneer grader – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 19.44 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 15.27 €/h |
| Top tenth | 24.86 €/h |
| Employees | 498 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 18.81 €/h | 193 |
| Men | 20.07 €/h | 305 |
Veneer grader - Which skills are essential?
Utilise computer equipment or digital devices to facilitate quality control, data management, and communication. Follow instructions given by a computer programme, create computer files or documents.
Record data which has been identified specifically during preceding tests in order to verify that outputs of the test produce specific results or to review the reaction of the subject under exceptional or unusual input.
Monitor quality standards in manufacturing and finishing process.
Assess the quality of veneer looking for flaws, tears, and irregularities and evaluating its aesthetic value based on criteria such as colours and patterns.
Report test results with a focus on findings and recommendations, differentiating results by levels of severity. Include relevant information from the test plan and outline the test methodologies, using metrics, tables, and visual methods to clarify where needed.
Monitor and assure the quality of the provided goods or services by overseeing that all the factors of the production meet quality requirements. Supervise product inspection and testing.
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
Use specific non-destructive testing methods and equipment that do not cause any damage to the product, such as X-rays, ultrasonic testing, magnetic particle inspection, industrial CT scanning and others, in order to find defects in and assure quality of a manufactured and a repaired product.
Examine and perform tests on prepared samples; avoid any possibility of accidental or deliberate contamination during the testing phase. Operate sampling equipment in line with design parameters.
Quality assurance principles, standard requirements, and the set of processes and activities used for measuring, controlling and ensuring the quality of products and processes.
Take and prepare samples for testing, verify their representability; avoid bias and any possibility of accidental or deliberate contamination. Provide clear numbering, labelling and recording of the sample details, in order to make sure that the results can be accurately matched to the original material.
The properties and purposes of different kinds of veneers, such as raw, paper backed or reconstituted veneer.
Veneer grader - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Monitor and control the flow of supplies that includes the purchase, storage and movement of the required quality of raw materials, and also work-in-progress inventory. Manage supply chain activities and synchronise supply with demand of production and customer.
Solve problems which arise in planning, prioritising, organising, directing/facilitating action and evaluating performance. Use systematic processes of collecting, analysing, and synthesising information to evaluate current practice and generate new understandings about practice.
Define quality assurance targets and procedures and see to their maintenance and continued improvement by reviewing targets, protocols, supplies, processes, equipment and technologies for quality standards.
Keep records of the machine's faults, interventions and irregularities for quality control.
The steps required through which a material is transformed into a product, its development and full-scale manufacturing.
Define and describe the criteria by which data quality is measured for manufacturing purposes, such as international standards and manufacturing regulations.
Check and safely operate machines and equipment required for your work according to manuals and instructions.
Meet contract specifications, schedules and manufacturers' information. Check that the work can be carried out in the estimated and allocated time.
Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.
Revise quality control documents. Read through the documents, editing them, and revise items in the documentation like the numbering scheme, process to create new documents, revision and follow up process, closure of non-conformities, methods for tracking documents, etc.
Use equipment to test performance and operation of machinery.
Check the quality of basic materials used for the production of semi-finished and finished goods by assessing some of its characteristics and, if needed, select samples to be analysed.
Liaise with managers of other departments ensuring effective service and communication, i.e. sales, planning, purchasing, trading, distribution and technical.
Recomend product modifications and process improvements.