CAREER

Patternmakers, Wood

Overview

Salary Median (2020)

$46,920

Projected Job Growth (2019-2029)

+7.8% (as fast as the average)

Career

What Patternmakers, Wood Do

Plan, lay out, and construct wooden unit or sectional patterns used in forming sand molds for castings.

Other Job Titles Patternmakers, Wood May Have

Mold Maker, Pattern Maker, Patternmaker, Wood Pattern Maker

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

  • Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups.
  • Fit, fasten, and assemble wood parts together to form patterns, models, or sections, using glue, nails, dowels, bolts, and screws.
  • 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.
  • Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces, and plane, shave, file, scrape, and sand models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools.
  • Divide patterns into sections according to shapes of castings to facilitate removal of patterns from molds.

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