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[Chris1024]

So I'm on my first fortress and I have two dwarves not doing their jobs, a furnace operator and a brewer. I have these labors enabled for them, have a furnace and a still and the necessary inputs (wood/empty barrel and plumb helmets) and have given those jobs via the workshop. I also don't think they're not willing to do them, since they are doing their other jobs if I enable them. Anything else I need to do?

[tiresius]

Do you link workshops to specific stock piles?  Try removing all links to stockpiles.

[Chris1024]

"Do you link workshops to specific stock piles?" No, haven't done that yet.

[PatrikLundell]

- Stockpile links are dangerous to use, as mentioned, because there are so many ways to screw up (for a brewer it's common to have a stockpile link to plants/fruits, but not barrels, for instance).
- Pathing, i.e. can they move to both the workshops and the locations where the production input is stored? It's not uncommon that a channel operation broke the path to the surface, for instance.
- Workshop restrictions, blocking those having the job from performing it.
- Burrows, including workshop burrows, blocking dorfs from accessing all the required locations.

There are quite a few issues that can cause these sympthoms: the above are some of the more common ones.

[Loci]

So I'm on my first fortress and I have two dwarves not doing their jobs, a furnace operator and a brewer. I have these labors enabled for them, have a furnace and a still and the necessary inputs (wood...)

Furnace operators don't operate wood furnaces. You want "Wood Burning" under the Farming menu.

[anewaname]

If nothing else works, build a new still workshop, 'q'uery it, 'a'dd a brew job, set that job to 'n'ow.

This should immediately trigger a dwarf to come over and start the job (providing you have a dwarf with the labor enabled and that dwarf is not asleep, eating/drinking, or resting in a hospital).

[Urist McUristUrist]

Check if your workshop profiles allow the dorfs to work there.