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Patternmakers, Wood in Ohio

Considering working as a Patternmakers, Wood in Ohio? Here’s what you need to know. Plan, lay out, and construct wooden unit or sectional patterns used in forming sand molds for castings.

What do Patternmakers, Wood Make in Ohio?

For patternmakers, wood working in Ohio, the median annual wage is $43,610 per year (or roughly $20.96/hour).Pay can range from $42,130 at the 10th percentile to $46,540 at the 90th percentile.

Wage Statistic	Annual	Hourly
10th percentile	$42,130	$20.26
25th percentile	$43,610	$20.96
Median (50th)	$43,610	$20.96
75th percentile	$45,780	$22.01
90th percentile	$46,540	$22.37

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, patternmakers, wood earn a median of $69,107 per year ($33.22/hour), lower than the Ohio median.

Employment Outlook

Nationally, total employment in this occupation is 849,924 patternmakers, wood nationwide.

Top States for Patternmakers, Wood Employment

View the states that employ the most patternmakers, wood work.

State	Number Employed
Pennsylvania	50

Highest-Paying States for Patternmakers, Wood

The highest-paying states for patternmakers, wood.

State	Annual Median Salary
Pennsylvania	$54,170
Ohio	$43,610

Skills

Top patternmakers, wood skills, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Knowledge Areas

Important knowledge areas for this occupation, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Abilities

Key abilities for patternmakers, wood, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Daily Tasks

Day-to-day, patternmakers, wood typically:

• Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications 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, and screws.
• 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.
• Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces, and plane, shave, file, scrape, and sand models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools.
• Divide patterns into sections according to shapes of castings to facilitate removal of patterns from molds.
• Verify dimensions of completed patterns, using templates, straightedges, calipers, or protractors.
• Correct patterns to compensate for defects in castings.
• 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.
• Finish completed products or models with shellac, lacquer, wax, or paint.
• Estimate costs for patternmaking jobs.
• Mark identifying information such as colors or codes on patterns, parts, and templates to indicate assembly methods.
• Repair broken or damaged patterns.

Work Activities

• Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
• Thinking Creatively
• Controlling Machines and Processes
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Getting Information
• Performing General Physical Activities
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Processing Information

Tools & Technology

Common tools and software used in this occupation include: Hot technologies: Autodesk AutoCAD

What Major Will Prepare You For This Career?

Several college majors map to this occupation:

• Woodworking

Related Careers

Related occupations to patternmakers, wood include:

• Boilermakers
• Carpenters
• Sheet Metal Workers
• Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
• Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
• Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Also Known As

Forms Builder, Mold Forms Builder, Mold Maker, Pattern Engineer, Pattern Maker, Pattern Worker, Patternmaker, Production Patternmaker, Wood Die Maker, Wood Experimental Mechanic, Wood Pattern Maker, Wood Patternmaker, Wood Shop Moldmaker, Woodshop Worker.

References

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — https://www.bls.gov/oes/
• O*NET Online — https://www.onetonline.org/
• BLS Employment Projections — https://www.bls.gov/emp/
• O*NET-SOC code: 51-7032.00