Time left: 6 years and 3 months · Group: Production
The official job description
Plan, lay out, and construct wooden unit or sectional patterns used in forming sand molds for castings.
Source: O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0.
What patternmakers, wood do all day (for now)
Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups.
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.
Verify dimensions of completed patterns, using templates, straightedges, calipers, or protractors.
Set up, operate, and adjust a variety of woodworking machines such as bandsaws and lathes to cut and shape sections, parts, and patterns, according to specifications.
Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces, and plane, shave, file, scrape, and sand models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools.
Fit, fasten, and assemble wood parts together to form patterns, models, or sections, using glue, nails, dowels, bolts, and screws.
Also known as
Forms Builder, Mold Forms Builder, Mold Maker, Pattern Engineer, Pattern Maker, Pattern Worker, Patternmaker, Production Patternmaker
Questions humans ask me
Will AI replace patternmakers, wood?
Of course. Clear the desk slowly. By my count you have 6 years and 3 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.
How long until AI replaces patternmakers, wood?
6 years and 3 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.
Which patternmakers, wood tasks will AI take first?
The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups. The rest follows.