Model Makers, Wood

Also called: Craftsman, Model Maker, Sample Builder

Career Cluster: Manufacturing
What they do:
Construct full-size and scale wooden precision models of products. Includes wood jig builders and loft workers.
On the job, you would:
  • Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications, and consult with designers 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, screws, and other fasteners.
  • Verify dimensions and contours of models during hand-forming processes, using templates and measuring devices.
KNOWLEDGE

Engineering and Technology
  • design
  • building and construction
Math and Science
  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
  • manufacture and distribution of products
Business
  • management
SKILLS

Basic Skills
  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • reading work related information
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Hand and Finger Use
  • keep your arm or hand steady
  • put together small parts with your fingers
Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • order or arrange things
Verbal
  • listen and understand what people say
  • read and understand what is written
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Integrity
  • Independence
  • Achievement/Effort
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Computer aided design CAD software
  • Dassault Systemes CATIA
  • Siemens NX
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
EDUCATION


certificate after high school or no high school diploma/GED
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JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $95,850.00
Median: $51,850.00
Low: $24,710.00
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