Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic:

Lay out, machine, fit, and assemble castings and parts to metal or plastic foundry patterns, core boxes, or match plates.

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Indiana Average Salary $44,000.00
Average Time to Fill 34 days
Typical Education High school equivalency
Typical Experience Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
10 Year Projected Openings (2021-2031) 136
10 Year Expected Percentage Change (2021-2031) -1.44 %

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Skills Profile


Essential (Soft) Skills

Essential Skills to Employers

Attention to Detail
Work Ethic
Information Gathering
Critical Thinking
Creativity

Top Job Duties and Responsibilities

Handling and Moving Objects

Set-up computer numerical control machines
Set-up production equipment or machinery
Assemble machine tools, parts, or fixtures
Cast precision cast patterns, molds, or dies to form objects
Braze metal parts or components
Weld metal parts and components
Weld metal structures
Shape metal or plastic
Apply solutions to production equipment
Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products
Preheat metal before welding, brazing, or soldering
Adjust metal or plastic processing equipment and machinery
File metal or plastic objects
Cut metal or plastic material
Fabricate manufactured products, parts, or components by hand
Assemble/Disassemble manufactured metal or plastic products by hand
Process metals using power or hand tools

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Booster Skills & Certifications

Job Seekers possessing booster skills & certifications, such as those listed below, added to core skills are more marketable, harder to find and expensive to hire.

Hard to Fill: Employers find positions requiring these skills to be hard to fill. These skills and certifications make a job seeker more in demand because the skills are not widely available.

Expensive to Fill: Employers find positions requiring these skills to be expensive to fill. Job seekers with these skills and certifications are likely to earn more money.

Skill or Certification Certi - fication Hard to Fill Expensive to Fill
Driver's License
Quality Assurance and Control
Welding
Manual Dexterity
Schematic Diagrams
Wiring
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
Occupational Health and Safety
Micrometers

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