How do they match: Patternmakers, Wood

  • 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.
  • Inventory equipment and supplies, ordering parts and tools as necessary.
  • Issue patterns to designated machine operators.
  • Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups.
  • Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces, and plane, shave, file, scrape, and sand models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools.

  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
  • Operate woodworking equipment.
  • Plan production or operational procedures or sequences.
  • Record operational or production data.