Occupational Employment Statistics
51-4062 Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
Lay out, machine, fit, and assemble castings and parts to metal or plastic foundry patterns, core boxes, or match plates.
Minnesota
| 20 | 7 | $37.34/hr | $25.77/hr | $33.23/hr | $39.59/hr | $43.79/hr | $44.13/hr |
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 50 | $20.59/hr | -15.0% |
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 160 | $26.58/hr | -14.3% |
Machinists
| 12,810 | $25.70/hr | 6.9% |
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
| 430 | $22.91/hr | N/A |
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
| 200 | $23.29/hr | -5.3% |
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
| 140 | $23.00/hr | 5.0% |
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
| 9,930 | $23.89/hr | -12.0% |
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 1,250 | $22.16/hr | 7.1% |
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 420 | $24.21/hr | -1.7% |
- Design and create templates, patterns, or coreboxes according to work orders, sample parts, or mockups.
- Clean and finish patterns or templates, using emery cloths, files, scrapers, and power grinders.
- Create computer models of patterns or parts, using modeling software.
- Program computerized numerical control machine tools.
- Select pattern materials such as wood, resin, and fiberglass.
- Set up and operate machine tools, such as milling machines, lathes, drill presses, and grinders, to machine castings or patterns.
- Verify conformance of patterns or template dimensions to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, scales, and micrometers.
- Set up and operate machine tools, such as milling machines, lathes, drill presses, and grinders, to machine castings or patterns.
- Repair and rework templates and patterns.
- Lay out and draw or scribe patterns onto material, using compasses, protractors, rulers, scribes, or other instruments.