Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name: woodcarver
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description: "Occupational skill for the role 'woodcarver' (also: traditional woodcarver, craft woodcarver, artisan woodworker, artisanal woodcarver, artisan, heritage woodworker). Use when the user asks for typical woodcarver work such as: Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups.; Lay out patterns on wood stock and draw outlines of units, sectional patterns, or full-scale mock-ups of products, based on blueprint specifications and sketches, and using marking and measuring devices.; Verify dimensions of completed patterns, using templates, straightedges, calipers, or protractors."
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# Woodcarver
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Woodcarvers manually shape wood into the desired shape using equipment like knives, gouges and chisels. Woodcarvers produce wooden products to serve as decoration, to be integrated into a composite product, as utensils or as toys.
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## Core workflow
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1. Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups.
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2. Lay out patterns on wood stock and draw outlines of units, sectional patterns, or full-scale mock-ups of products, based on blueprint specifications and sketches, and using marking and measuring devices.
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3. Verify dimensions of completed patterns, using templates, straightedges, calipers, or protractors.
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4. Set up, operate, and adjust a variety of woodworking machines such as bandsaws and lathes to cut and shape sections, parts, and patterns, according to specifications.
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5. Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces, and plane, shave, file, scrape, and sand models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools.
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6. Fit, fasten, and assemble wood parts together to form patterns, models, or sections, using glue, nails, dowels, bolts, and screws.
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7. Correct patterns to compensate for defects in castings.
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8. Construct wooden models, templates, full scale mock-ups, jigs, or molds for shaping parts of products.
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## How to use this skill
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- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
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- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
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- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
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- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
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## Key competences (essential)
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- apply wood finishes
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- carve materials
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- check quality of raw materials
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- clean wood surface
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- join wood elements
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- maintain edged hand tools
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- manipulate wood
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- operate wood sawing equipment
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- recognise signs of wood rot
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- sand wood
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- tend lathe
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- turn wood
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- types of wood
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- use wood carving knives
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- wood cuts
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## Hot technologies
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- Autodesk AutoCAD
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- Microsoft Outlook
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- Microsoft Office software
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- Microsoft Excel
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b9d03330-c71c-4827-8797-3e96249d54db), O*NET 30.3 (51-7032.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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