Patternmakers, Wood

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $60,220.00
Average: $45,720.00
Hourly
Average: $21.98

What they do:

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

On the job, you would:

  • 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.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

91% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
87% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
76% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
73% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
73% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
71% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
70% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
69% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
67% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
67% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
66% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

67% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

75% Manual Dexterity  -  The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
72% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
72% Control Precision  -  The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
69% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Job Details

Responsibilities
Study blueprints or other instructions to determine equipment setup requirements.
Draw guide lines or markings on materials or workpieces using patterns or other references.
Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
Operate woodworking equipment.
Shape surfaces or edges of wood workpieces.
Trim excess material from workpieces.
Assemble wood products.
Design templates or patterns.
Build production molds.
Calculate dimensions of workpieces, products, or equipment.
Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
Construct patterns, templates, or other work aids.
Select production input materials.
Repair templates, patterns, or molds.
Record operational or production data.
Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
Estimate costs of products, services, or materials.
Plan production or operational procedures or sequences.
Distribute supplies to workers.
Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

93% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
89% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
86% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
85% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
83% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
80% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
79% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
79% Exposed to Hazardous Equipment  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
78% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
78% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
75% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
75% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
74% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
72% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
71% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
70% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
68% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
67% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
66% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
66% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
72% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

87% Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment  -  Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
84% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
81% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
79% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
78% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
76% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
72% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
71% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
70% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
68% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
68% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

Getting Started

Education:
57%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
26%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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