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.
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.