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Wood patternmakers (O*NET 51-7032.00) build wooden sand-casting patterns from casting drawings: laying out, machining, assembling, shaping, and measuring key dimensions. Entry requires verifying machine tool training and the employer's process requirements.
If you are willing to build wooden sand-casting patterns from casting drawings, accept repeated layout, assembly, and dimension re-measurement, and can work within machine safety constraints, wood patternmaking is worth further experience.
Observable signals: enjoys making measurable physical work; willing to check drawing versions, tolerances, and allowances; records, reworks, and hands off when deviations appear. If dust, machines, or repeated shaping are unacceptable, learn the real workshop conditions first.
The occupation on this page is US O*NET 51-7032.00 Wood Patternmakers: planning, laying out, and building wooden sand-casting patterns to casting drawings. Furniture making, mold design engineering, foundry operation, and workshop management have different deliverables and responsibilities; Chinese job titles must be verified separately by actual duties.
Wood patternmaker occupational tasks (O*NET)
Manufacturing broad industry reference; not wood patternmaker occupational pay
Wood patternmakers deliver one-piece or sectional wooden patterns for sand casting. Mold manufacturing 3525 under GB/T4754-2017 covers molds for metal casting; this broad industry applies only when the legal entity's actual main business is statistically manufacturing, and the legal entity's industry is not determined from the wood material or the job title.
O*NET wood patternmaker 2025 nationwide pay | https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-7032.00; BLS wood patternmaker 2025—2035 projections | https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm; BLS wood patternmaker summary | https://www.bls.gov/ooh/about/data-for-occupations-not-covered-in-detail.htm
37,600 dollars per year (10th percentile)
| Entry-level posts | What does the first period mainly involve | What employers usually look at | How to show ability without experience | How it differs from other directions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood patternmaking apprentice or assistant | Under training and supervision, read drawings, mark, prepare lumber, and record measurements; equipment operation depends on on-site authorization. | Whether drawing versions, datums, dimensions, and protection requirements can be identified. | Use fictional drawings to make a dimension check sheet and an open issues list; paper exercises must not be called equipment operating qualifications. | Delivers wood patterns for casting sand molds and requires on-site training. |
| Wood model making assistant | Assists in machining scale or full-size wood product models. | Whether design shape can be compared with model measurement results. | Prepare scale model sketches, annotations, and re-measurement records. |
Wood patternmakers read casting drawings, confirm pattern dimensions and machining conditions, lay out and machine sections in lumber, and after assembly, shaping, and measurement deliver wooden patterns for sand casting; they rework defects and keep pattern records. The specific equipment and process are determined by the employer.
Wood patternmakers make wooden patterns for sand casting; wood model makers may make full-size or scale product models. Both may read drawings, cut, and measure lumber, but the final use, process, and accepting party differ.
Start with a fictional casting drawing and a no-machine exercise: list dimensions, sections, measuring tools, tolerances that are not given, and safety conditions; then observe whether you are willing to shape, measure, and record repeatedly. An interest assessment is only a questioning tool and cannot replace on-site task experience.
Safe work sample: use only the fictional W1/W2 paper work order on this page, listing finished dimensions and open allowances, tolerances, parting, and draft conditions; do not operate machines or use real customer drawings.
Check whether the work clearly separates known conditions from conditions awaiting approval, can explain each dimension judgment, and raises questions where information is insufficient.
Judge interest through paper exercises and on-site observation, then verify ability through employer training, work pieces, and measurement records; personality assessments do not replace this evidence.
Task object | Building wooden sand-casting patterns to casting drawings. Work setting | In the patternmaking area and woodworking equipment area designated by the employer, laying out, cutting, assembling, measuring, and shaping to drawing requirements, then handing off to molding, foundry, or quality operations. Workshop layout, shifts, equipment use scope, and supervision must be verified with the specific employer, and the job title alone does not guarantee the same environment. On entry, also confirm dust collection, protection, and handoff locations. Equipment and tools | Select straightedges, calipers, templates, hand tools, and woodworking machinery for which the operator has received training per the work requirement; specific models, fixturing, guards, and measuring tool calibration are set by the plant. CAD/CAM can assist design and records, but a digital model does not automatically prove that physical dimensions conform. Dimensional precision requirements | Use the approved drawing and process documents as the basis, and verify datums, key dimensions, tolerances, shrinkage, and machining allowances; re-check location and parting surfaces during section trial assembly. If drawing conditions are missing or measurements are out of tolerance, pause the affected steps and hand them to the process or quality owner. Personal protection | Use the required eye, hearing, dust, or other protection based on the on-site risk assessment for cutting, sanding, and finishing lumber; if dust collection, machine guards, or cleaning procedures fail, stop the machine and report per employer rules. US OSHA material is used for hazard identification and does not directly state Chinese post obligations. Collaboration and handoff counterparts | Wood patternmakers confirm drawings and allowances with design or process staff, confirm parting, location, and usage issues with molding staff, and communicate measurement deviations and rework results with quality staff. Who holds change, release, or stop-work authority must be clear in the on-site responsibility chain. Records and handoff | Keep drawing and pattern versions, key measurement points, actual values, rework locations, and open issues; verify that the current pattern identification matches the records before handoff, so old versions are not reissued downstream. Main work risks | Woodworking machine cutters, flying chips, wood dust, noise, and handling and finishing materials carry different risks; these hazards must be controlled through on-site equipment guarding, dust collection, training, and work procedures. Specific controls are set by workplace rules and the employer's assessment. Authority and responsibility boundaries | Wood patternmakers may record and report drawing gaps, dimension deviations, equipment faults, and rework results; process condition approval, independent operation of hazardous equipment, and final inspection release must follow local rules and employer authorization. US O*NET and OSHA material does not directly define Chinese post permits.
Receive the drawing and casting requirements, and confirm pattern dimensions, parting, and later draft conditions; when shrinkage, machining allowance, or tolerances are missing, ask the design or process owner to confirm first.
BLS 2025 wood patternmaker single-occupation summary
Read the drawing and confirm requirements → make the layout and process plan → select lumber and machine each section → assemble and shape → verify dimensions with measuring tools → identify, rework, and hand off the pattern.
China pay: manufacturing broad industry reference, with the wood patternmaker exact row gap retained
Before delivery, re-check dimensions, section assembly, surface condition, and identification; when dimensions or safety conditions are unclear, stop the affected operation and escalate to the process or safety owner.
Adjacent occupations: model makers, carpenters, and molding workers
Drawing confirmation → layout → lumber cutting and shaping → section assembly → measuring tool inspection → defect rework → numbering and storage or handoff to the foundry operation.
Woodworking equipment and dust risks (OSHA)
The main output is a one-piece or sectional wooden pattern usable for sand molding, plus dimension, rework, and version records.
The work environment depends on the employer's equipment and casting types; before starting, verify the actual share of woodworking, measurement, assembly, and foundry collaboration.
Adjacent posts may make display models, metal or plastic patterns, or mold directly, with different deliverables.
The core purpose of wood patternmaking: turn casting drawings into wooden patterns usable for sand molding.
Wood model makers may serve display or trial purposes; foundry mold and core makers mainly work with molding materials.
Wood patternmakers build the physical wooden form based on casting drawings, process requirements, and pattern dimensions.
The quality standard for wood patternmakers is that the pattern matches drawings and process requirements; key dimensions, parting, assembly, and version should be re-checkable and can be handed to the subsequent sand molding operation.
Metal and plastic patternmakers share the drawing logic with wood patternmakers, but materials, equipment, and safety training differ.
Wood patternmakers complete lumber layout, cutting, shaping, section assembly, and pattern dimension verification.
Adjacent wood product model makers deliver product scale models or prototypes; sand molders deliver sand molds and cores.
Wood patternmakers deliver wooden patterns for sand casting, re-measurable dimensions, and identified version records.
Other posts are responsible for their own outputs and acceptance; working in the same foundry does not imply the same responsibility.
Wood patternmakers are responsible for their own machining and measurement records; rework deviations must be recorded and re-verified per the on-site responsibility chain.
Adjacent posts require separate verification of materials, equipment training, and product acceptance authority, and woodworking experience does not automatically grant transfer operating rights.
Wood patternmakers record drawing and dimension issues; process changes, independent equipment operation, and inspection release follow local rules and employer authorization.
Adjacent uses, materials, and delivery standards must be verified separately, and similar job titles cannot be treated as mutual recognition of qualifications.
Wood patternmakers are limited to wooden patterns for sand casting, verifying shrinkage, allowances, tolerances, parting, and location; unknown conditions cannot be self-approved.
The task boundary for wood patternmakers is mainly wooden casting patterns, and furniture carpentry or foundry molding work is not automatically included.
Chinese job titles have no automatic equivalence with US O*NET 51-7032.00; look at the actual deliverables.
Before starting, confirm that the work object is a wooden pattern, the sand casting use, and the specific casting drawing.
Requires presentable work showing dimension records, section assembly, and surface finishing.
Ask whether independent operation of saws, planers, grinders, and similar equipment is required; do not go on the machine before training and authorization.
Confirm whether the employer provides process allowances, permitted deviations, and rework acceptance standards.
Verify on-site controls for dust, noise, cutters, and handling risks.
Look at how lumber and patterns are stored and identified to avoid using an old version by mistake.
Confirm the handoff points with process, molding, and quality posts.
Assess whether the person can re-measure key dimensions to drawing and explain anomalies.
Qualifications and training for adjacent occupations cannot directly replace this post's equipment training.
Regulations and employer rules applicable at the workplace take priority; the US occupational material on this page is used only for occupational explanation.
The final judgment should be based on real recruitment tasks, on-site equipment, instructors, and verifiable work.
Both wood patternmakers and wood model makers read drawings and machine wood, but the former delivers patterns for sand casting while the latter may make product scale models, prototypes, or tooling. When choosing, look at the final part and the accepting party.
The following four rows compare O*NET adjacent occupations; the last two rows are the layout and making task direction and the dimension inspection task direction within this occupation. Adjacent occupations do not constitute mutual recognition of Chinese qualifications or automatic transfer.
Compare object, materials, pattern use, and final delivery, and avoid treating posts that are both woodworking or both in a foundry as one job.
Wood model makers make full-size or scale product models; wood patternmakers make wooden patterns for sand casting.
Suits people interested in prototypes, scale models, and shape verification who are willing to revise samples to design.
Read drawings, cut, assemble, and verify precision wooden models.
Wood Model Makers (51-7031)
Materials and processes shift to metal or plastic patterns, core boxes, and matching plates; woodworking equipment experience cannot be treated directly as authorization for metal machining.
Suits people who want to learn metal or plastic machining and the related machine tools and measuring tools.
Layout, machine, assemble, and finish metal or plastic casting patterns.
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic (51-4062)
The core deliverable is cabinets and wooden product parts; wood patternmaking patterns must match the casting sand mold and draft.
Suits people whose main output is finished furniture and wood products.
Cut, form, and assemble cabinets or other wood products.
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters (51-7011)
Foundry molders use patterns to form sand molds and cores; wood patternmakers build and finish the upstream patterns.
Suits people willing to handle sand molds, cores, and pouring preparation in the foundry production stage.
Make sand molds and cores and place or remove patterns per process.
Foundry Mold and Coremakers (51-4071)
Within this occupation, this is the earlier-stage making side; verification must still be to drawing rather than by hand shape alone.
Suits people who enjoy drawing reading, layout, lumber selection, and machining.
Plan sections, machine lumber, and assemble them into a pattern per drawing.
Within wood patternmaking: layout and making
Within this occupation, this is the later-stage verification side; inspection authority and final release are determined by employer rules.
Suits people willing to record dimensions, find deviations, and communicate rework.
Verify dimensions with templates or measuring tools, identify patterns, and record rework.
Within wood patternmaking: inspection and rework
Before moving to an adjacent occupation, use a real job description to verify materials, machinery, drawing responsibility, inspection authority, and employer training requirements.
Wood patternmaking beginners
Use paper exercises to compare drawing versions and record key dimensions and process allowances that are not given; equipment operation must follow training.
Incumbent wood patternmakers
Re-check drawings, materials, and the physical work for every suggestion; the on-site owner confirms changes, and a model cannot self-release.
On-site supervisors
Try it first on low-risk, re-checkable record work, count errors and rework, and then decide the scope of use.
Wood patternmaker job seekers
Show work in drawing reading, layout, assembly, and dimension checking; do not substitute AI fluency for wood patternmaking fundamentals.
No ratio or year can be given for being replaced by AI. O*NET wood patternmaker tasks include laying out, machining, assembling, and checking physical parts; generative AI can assist with text search and records, but its task exposure research cannot prove that on-site operations have been automated. BLS projects about a 2% employment decline for US wood patternmakers over 2025—2035 and does not attribute that change to AI alone.
O*NET 51-7032.00 wood patternmaker occupational tasks
Defines layout, machining, assembly, and inspection for wooden casting patterns; no AI substitution rate was measured.
BLS wood patternmaker 2025 employment and pay summary
Provides the US 2025 employment base and 2025—2035 projection; does not state AI's separate effect.
ILO generative AI occupational exposure study
Estimates potential exposure by task and cannot replace this occupation's actual adoption rate.
GPTs are GPTs task potential study
Studies the potential impact of language models on tasks; it cannot be treated as an unemployment forecast for wood patternmakers.
World Economic Forum 2025 employer survey
Aggregates employer expectations and cannot be treated as job changes that have already happened for wood patternmakers.
NIST generative AI risk management material
Provides general risk management ideas and is not a woodworking equipment safety standard.
O*NET wood patternmaker work activities
Describes on-site making and inspection tasks and is used to identify the physical steps that must be verified.
AI can assist with searching, organizing, and comparing text; machine machining still requires real equipment, personnel training, and on-site conditions.
Drawings and process documents: can help find version differences or omissions.
Wood patternmakers and the process owner must verify the official drawing, dimensions, tolerances, and allowances.
Measurement records: can help aggregate actual values and exception lists.
People must still measure physically, verify instrument status, and decide whether rework is needed.
Draft plans: can help organize the machining sequence and issue list.
The process owner decides materials, equipment, fixturing, and safety measures; the tool does not issue work instructions.
The following materials answer different questions: occupational tasks, task exposure, employer expectations, risk management, and employment projections cannot replace one another.
The ILO global exposure index provides no single-occupation substitution rate for wood patternmakers.
ILO generative AI exposure study
Potential exposure of occupational tasks worldwide.
Some language tasks may be affected; it cannot be inferred that on-site machining for wood patternmakers is automatically replaced.
The study estimates potential capability and does not forecast occupational adoption timing or unemployment numbers.
GPTs are GPTs paper
Potential impact of language models on occupational tasks.
Text work may speed up; physical layout, machining, and assembly require separate measurement.
The employer survey reflects expectations, not net job changes that have already occurred in this occupation.
World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report 2025
Cross-industry employer expectations about skill and job changes.
Can be used to prompt skills updating but cannot quantify an AI substitution rate for wood patternmakers.
A general voluntary framework cannot replace machine guarding and on-site safety systems.
NIST generative AI risk management material
Generative AI output risks and management practices.
When using tools, specify inputs, versions, verifiers, and error handling.
The occupational description contains no AI effectiveness or adoption rate.
O*NET Wood Patternmakers 51-7032.00
Making, finishing, and inspecting wooden casting patterns.
This occupation still involves physical making, dimension inspection, and process handoff.
Task capability: tools can help find and organize information but cannot verify wood pattern dimensions from text.
Organizational adoption: requires equipment data, permissions, version control, and on-site review processes; a demonstration does not equal deployment.
Employment results: affected by orders, processes, and the market; task exposure cannot be converted into a job disappearance date.
Evidence gap: no actual AI adoption or overall substitution rate for wood patternmakers was verified. Existing global task exposure research cannot prove that on-site wood patternmaking has been automated.
O*NET occupational tasks and the ILO exposure methodology.
At entry, practice drawing reading, measurement, wood machining, and on-site safety first; programming is not the typical entry education requirement given by BLS.
O*NET tasks and the BLS US entry education basis.
Document search, version comparison, and organizing inspection records are the easiest places to trial language tools; the specific benefit must be verified on site.
Editorial inference based on task breakdown; there are no single-occupation trial results for wood patternmakers.
BLS projects a 2.0% decline for US wood patternmakers over 2025—2035, with annual average openings of about 100 including replacements; the employment statistics do not identify AI's separate effect, and this is not Chinese demand or an individual unemployment probability.
The exact BLS wood patternmaker 51-7032 projection row; distinguishes net employment change from openings including replacements.
No. Drawing approval, equipment operation, and finished product acceptance follow employer authorization and on-site rules.
O*NET occupational tasks and editorial safety boundaries.
No reliable material can give a disappearance year for this post; task exposure research does not forecast adoption schedules.
ILO task exposure research and the BLS occupational projection basis.
Learn drawing versions, key dimension re-measurement, and issue handoff first, then practice digital tool assisted search; keep real work pieces and measurement evidence.
Editorial suggestion combined with O*NET wood patternmaker tasks.
If AI assistance is used, digital suggestions must be kept separate from official drawings, physical measurements, and on-site authorization.
Confirm the need: record the casting drawing version, pattern use, dimensions, tolerances, and process conditions that were not provided.
Limit the tool: enter only material approved for sharing, and specify that the tool may search, summarize, or draft records.
Human review: re-check key dimensions, parting, assembly, and allowances against the original drawing and physical measurement.
Record keeping: keep input versions, suggestions, measurement results, revisers, and handoff times.
Authorization and responsibility: process, equipment safety, and delivery release are decided by personnel with authority.
Text suggestions may look reasonable but can still misread drawings or miss allowances.
Mark suggestions as drafts, compare item by item with the official drawing, and re-measure key dimensions.
Uploading drawings may leak customer designs or plant process information.
Use only within the tools and materials the organization permits; handle sensitive files per on-site rules.
Inconsistent versions let old drawing suggestions enter a new work piece.
Record drawing, software, and model versions, and confirm the current version at handoff.
Automatically organized dimension tables may contain transcription errors.
Recompute key dimensions independently and check them item by item against physical measurement records.
A tool cannot bear responsibility for equipment safety and finished product quality.
The on-site operator and authorized reviewer sign off on affected steps.
Verify the official drawing version and dimensions; a tool cannot rewrite process requirements.
Drawing and process search
Pre-work preparation
Can help find materials and generate items to be confirmed.
Approve lumber, allowances, and the machining route.
Material and process planning
Wood pattern layout
Can help list candidate steps, which require on-site verification.
Actually measure, mark, and re-check layout lines.
Layout and dimension checking
Physical making
Can help organize measurement tables; does not replace manual measurement.
Confirm fixturing, protection, cutters, and personnel training.
Lumber cutting and machining
Machine tool work
Language tools cannot perform on-site safety checks.
Trial assembly and re-measurement of parting surfaces and locating dimensions.
Section assembly and shaping
Pattern quality
Can help compile a defect list; acceptance requires looking at the physical part.
Distinguish old from revised versions and record re-measurement results.
Pattern rework and version handoff
Process collaboration
Can help produce a draft handoff; changes are still approved by the owner.
Pause based on on-site problems, identify the cause, and report.
Exception and safety handling
Risk control
A tool can prompt a checklist but cannot replace authority to stop and restart work.
Actual value depends on drawings, equipment, data permissions, and re-measurement results. When job seeking, prioritize showing wood patternmaking work and dimension inspection records.
Mainland China nationwide
A nationwide urban unit manufacturing reference, not a city, employer, or individual quote.
2025
The statistical year is 2025; published in May 2026. A comparable row for exact wood patternmaker pay in China has still not been established.
Yuan per year, pre-tax
113,594 for non-private and 76,055 for private. Both are full-year average wages and are not divided by 12 to pass as a recruiting monthly salary.
Average annual wage of employed persons in units
Total wages divided by the average number of employed persons, including withheld personal income tax, personal social insurance, and housing fund; it is not take-home income or a recruiting quote.
Employed persons in urban legal entity units with 5 or more people
Various posts within manufacturing, counted separately for non-private and private units; it excludes self-employed individuals and freelancers and does not treat US employment counts as Chinese coverage.
An industry average, not an occupational percentile
Evidence gap: no Chinese wood patternmaker 10th, 25th, median, 75th, or 90th percentile pay or city occupational pay was verified; an industry average cannot fill in.
Conditional use of the manufacturing reference
Evidence gap: there is still no exact Chinese wood patternmaker pay row. The two manufacturing figures only help compare the actual employer industry and unit type and cannot prove individual or average wood patternmaker income.
Evidence gap: no Chinese occupational statistic on wood patternmaker AI adoption, time savings, or pay effects was verified. A pay gap cannot imply AI impact; tool trials for drawing reading and records must be verified with real work pieces and re-measurement.
The job title must be verified: when searching with the Chinese term for wood patternmaker, confirm whether the post builds wooden patterns for casting sand molds, and avoid mixing in furniture carpentry, general model making, or equipment operation.
Vocational high school or technical school background
Entry into wood patternmaking
Verify woodworking, drawing reading, measurement, and on-site safety training; education alone does not prove the ability to operate machines independently.
High school diploma or equivalent
Learning wood pattern machining under supervision
BLS lists US entry education as high school or equivalent, which cannot be taken directly as a Chinese employer requirement.
Transfer from a related occupation
Transferring from wood model making or a foundry workshop post
Prove transferable skills with physical work and dimension records, and fill in the wood pattern specific processes.
Continuing education or on-the-job training
Adding CAD/CAM and on-site equipment capability
Base training content on real equipment and project requirements, and do not infer that certification means a post is available.
Foundry supporting enterprises
Wooden patterns can be used for sand molding; whether they hire depends on the specific product and process.
Wooden model machining enterprises
Must confirm whether the customer deliverable is a casting pattern.
Mold and machinery manufacturing related enterprises
Verify materials, equipment, and duties, and do not confuse metal and plastic pattern posts with wood patternmaking.
O*NET US wood patternmaker occupational material | https://www.onetonline.org/link/details/51-7032.00
Wood Patternmakers; US occupational code 51-7032.00.
2025 manufacturing pre-tax annual reference: 113,594 yuan for non-private; 76,055 yuan for private
This is a broad industry, not nationwide wood patternmaker pay, a city ranking, or an individual quote; the employer's legal entity main business, unit type, year, shifts, and post tasks must be verified separately.
National Bureau of Statistics 2025 pay and basis | https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfbhjd/202605/t20260515_1963707.html
Exact Chinese wood patternmaker pay and current employer quotes remain gaps; the manufacturing annual reference must not be used as a monthly salary. The US figure of 49,630 dollars is the May 2025 pay median and cannot be converted to replace Chinese pay.
Nationwide urban non-private manufacturing (2025)
113,594 yuan per year (pre-tax industry average)
Nationwide urban private manufacturing (2025)
76,055 yuan per year (pre-tax industry average)
Exact wood patternmaker occupation, city, and employer quotes
Evidence gap: no same-basis Chinese wood patternmaker pay or verifiable current employer quote has been established.
US O*NET 51-7032.00 is an occupational reference and does not equal a Chinese occupational classification code.
National Bureau of Statistics 2025 pay and basis | https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfbhjd/202605/t20260515_1963707.html
A 2.0% decline over 2025—2035
May 2025 nationwide exact occupation 10th percentile; hourly wage 18.08 dollars. A low percentile is not new-hire starting pay.; O*NET wood patternmaker 2025 nationwide pay | https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-7032.00; BLS wood patternmaker 2025—2035 projections | https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
41,170 dollars per year (25th percentile)
25th percentile hourly wage 19.79 dollars; it is the same nationwide employee pay distribution, not an experience grouping.; O*NET wood patternmaker 2025 nationwide pay | https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-7032.00; BLS wood patternmaker 2025—2035 projections | https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
49,630 dollars per year (median)
Annual median 49,630 dollars and hourly wage 23.86 dollars; not an arithmetic mean, take-home income, or employer contract quote.; O*NET wood patternmaker 2025 nationwide pay | https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-7032.00; BLS wood patternmaker 2025—2035 projections | https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
59,350 dollars per year (75th percentile)
75th percentile hourly wage 28.53 dollars; a salary cannot be promised to every skilled worker on this basis.; O*NET wood patternmaker 2025 nationwide pay | https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-7032.00; BLS wood patternmaker 2025—2035 projections | https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
83,780 dollars per year (90th percentile)
90th percentile hourly wage 40.28 dollars; this is not the maximum wage ceiling.; O*NET wood patternmaker 2025 nationwide pay | https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-7032.00; BLS wood patternmaker 2025—2035 projections | https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
About 600 people in 2025; about 600 people in 2035 (rounded)
EP employment includes self-employed workers, and the self-employment share in 2025 was 64.3%; the stock is published to 0.1 thousand and does not equal the number of OEWS wage employees.; O*NET wood patternmaker 2025 nationwide pay | https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-7032.00; BLS wood patternmaker 2025—2035 projections | https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
A 2.0% decline over 2025—2035; net change shown as 0.0 thousand (rounded)
0.6 thousand to 0.6 thousand and a net of 0.0 thousand are both rounded; the official change rate is -2.0%, and subtracting the two 600 figures cannot imply that employment is completely unchanged.; O*NET wood patternmaker 2025 nationwide pay | https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-7032.00; BLS wood patternmaker 2025—2035 projections | https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
About 100 per year (2025—2035 average, including replacements)
The official annual average openings are 0.1 thousand, about 100; this includes growth and separation replacement needs and is not 100 net new jobs or 100 openings today.; O*NET wood patternmaker 2025 nationwide pay | https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-7032.00; BLS wood patternmaker 2025—2035 projections | https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
Pay is the May 2025 OEWS nationwide employee distribution and does not cover self-employment income; the employment projection includes self-employed workers, who were 64.3% in 2025. The 600 figure including self-employed workers cannot be used to explain the pay sample size. The years of the two datasets are explicit; when verified on 2026-10-12, O*NET also currently shows the 2025—2035 projection, and the older 2024—2034 record is kept as history only and is not mixed into current values.
The US wood patternmaker 51-7032 May 2025 annual wage 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles are 37,600, 41,170, 49,630, 59,350, and 83,780 dollars respectively; hourly wages are 18.08, 19.79, 23.86, 28.53, and 40.28 dollars respectively. Pay is an employee statistic, excludes self-employment income, and is not new-hire starting pay, after-tax pay, or an individual's full-year income. BLS projects employment from 0.6 thousand to 0.6 thousand between 2025 and 2035, with the net change shown as 0.0 thousand, all rounded to the published precision; the official change rate is a decline of 2.0%, so it cannot be said that employment does not decrease. Annual average openings are 0.1 thousand, about 100, including replacements rather than net new jobs. The Chinese manufacturing reference of 113,594 and 76,055 yuan per year is not wood patternmaker pay and cannot be directly converted for comparison with US percentiles.
Region and employer | Actual pay varies with location, employer, shifts, and process scope; the nationwide median on this page cannot replace an actual quote.
Region and employer
Task scope | The combination of wood pattern layout, machining, dimension inspection, and rework may differ; but existing statistics do not separate the influence of these factors.
Task and equipment scope
Statistical basis | The BLS May 2025 pay median is a US nationwide occupational statistic; it is not directly equal to a single recruiting quote or a Chinese post.
Occupation and year basis
A 2.0% decline over 2025—2035
US manufacturing related posts
Evidence gap: industry pay was not verified
The nationwide percentiles have been verified; what is missing is industry pay crossing this occupation with manufacturing, and the overall manufacturing wage is not treated as wood patternmaker pay.
Wood product manufacturing enterprises
Evidence gap: industry pay was not verified
No citable 2025 pay row was verified for this occupation in that industry; do not fill in with other woodworking occupations.
Foundry related enterprises
Evidence gap: industry pay was not verified
Wood patternmaking differs from sand molding and metal pattern posts; without a corresponding industry-occupation cross table, no pay comparison is made.
Other actual employer industries (verify separately)
Evidence gap: no comparable industry value
Regional and employer quotes must retain task, year, unit, shift, and experience conditions; they cannot be derived from the nationwide median.
No. The 49,630 dollars is the midpoint of the US wood patternmaker May 2025 nationwide occupational pay distribution, not new-hire starting pay.
It cannot be derived directly. The statistical hourly and annual wages follow the program's basis and do not equal an individual's hours, overtime, after-tax pay, or full-year income.
The May 2025 nationwide percentiles come from BLS wage data reproduced by O*NET; 49,630 is the 50th percentile. Cross-industry occupational wages and sample precision remain gaps.
Evidence gap: no single-factor effect of region, equipment, shifts, or tasks on pay for this occupation was verified; nationwide percentiles cannot separate causal influence.
10th percentile of 37,600 dollars per year; does not equal new-hire starting pay.
The median of 49,630 dollars is a US nationwide occupational distribution position, not an individual's actual pay or a contract quote.
90th percentile of 83,780 dollars per year; this is not the maximum wage.
The O*NET wood patternmaker occupational interest material has Realistic most prominent, with Artistic and Conventional tied after it; this is an occupational-level description. Whether an individual enjoys making to drawing, re-measuring, and reworking still needs paper exercises and workshop observation to verify.
This is a task observation suggestion, not a prediction of wood patternmaker performance from a Holland type.
If you are unwilling to re-check dimensions repeatedly or work within equipment safety constraints, experience the real process first and then compare other directions.
Big Five scores alone cannot determine suitability for wood patternmaking; reliable judgment is whether the person can consistently complete drawing reading, machining, and inspection.
Editorial judgment; there is no single personality score threshold usable for hiring in this occupation.
A personality report can only raise self-observation questions and cannot replace work, training, equipment authorization, or employer evaluation.
The O*NET 51-7032.00 occupational interest data puts Realistic highest at 93, with Artistic and Conventional each at 51. It describes occupational activity tendencies, not an individual fit score; whether you are willing to read drawings, make wooden patterns, and re-measure dimensions still must be verified through real tasks and training.
MBTI type is not evidence of hiring or ability for wood patternmakers; treat it only as a tool for discussing work preferences.
People interested in working with lumber, drawing scale, pattern surface finishing, and dimension re-measurement can do paper exercises first and then learn the real workshop process.
No authoritative evidence supports any single MBTI type being best for this occupation.
Mainly Realistic, with Artistic and Conventional tied
Do not rule yourself out or accept a post purely from a four-letter label.
The Enneagram cannot serve as proof of equipment operation or quality inspection ability.
This page has no occupation-specific evidence that the Enneagram predicts wood patternmaker performance.
Use concrete exercises to judge whether you are willing to repeatedly lay out, re-measure, and rework.
It can be learned. Wood patternmakers need to read dimensions, units, and tolerances and identify process allowances that are not given; practice with paper drawings first, then learn measurement under supervision. An IQ score is not an entry threshold suggested on this page and cannot replace actual drawing reading and measurement ability.
O*NET lists mathematics knowledge and dimension inspection tasks; there is no evidence of an IQ score threshold for wood patternmakers.
Learn and ask about unclear dimensions first; a single assessment score cannot prove machine operating qualifications.
No uniform high emotional intelligence score is required. What is more observable at work is whether the person can explain drawing gaps, machine faults, and rework results, take feedback, and hand off issues under on-site authorization. Competence should be judged by real communication and safety behavior.
O*NET includes communication and collaboration activities; there is no EQ score threshold usable for hiring wood patternmakers.
An EQ questionnaire is for self-observation only and cannot replace process training, equipment authorization, or real handoff performance.
Boundary: RIASEC, MBTI, Big Five, Enneagram, IQ, or EQ cannot replace the employer's verification of process capability, equipment safety, and on-site authorization.
Direct answer: interest tests can help you raise questions, but fit must be verified with paper drawing reading, measurable work, workshop observation, and safety training.
Cabinetmaking and bench carpentry
Enjoys making cabinets and finished wood products and checking component dimensions.
The product use differs from casting wooden patterns, and drawings and acceptance standards should be compared.
Metal and plastic patternmaking
Willing to learn machining and precision control for non-wood patterns.
Woodworking experience does not equal metal or plastic machine tool training.
Woodworking machine setter and operator
Prefers equipment setup, feeding, and process monitoring.
That post leans toward equipment operation and requires verifying machine model training and safety authorization.
Enjoys making wooden display models or prototypes to design.
The model use may not be sand casting, and delivery standards must be verified.
Foundry mold and core making
Willing to work with sand molds and cores in the foundry stage.
Adjacent to upstream wood patternmaking, but the materials and workstations differ.
Prefers machining and installing wooden components on construction or renovation sites.
The site construction environment, materials, and acceptance differ from a wood patternmaking workshop.
Suitability depends on whether you can make and re-measure wooden patterns to drawing and are willing to rework repeatedly under safety constraints; personality labels are not a conclusion.
Introverts can do it, and they need to hand off dimensions and anomalies clearly with molding and quality staff per process.
Outgoing people can also do it; the key is accepting precision machining, repeated measurement, and on-site safety rules.
There is no best MBTI; verify with actual drawing reading and paper dimension checking performance.
May prefer hands-on, technical, and checkable physical results; a Holland result can only serve as an exploration cue.
Personality scores should not predict wood patternmaker performance on their own; work, training, and on-site observation are more direct.
Reading dimensions, comparing measurement results, and identifying missing tolerances or allowances are needed; this can be trained and does not correspond to an IQ score.
You need to report unclear drawings, equipment faults, and rework results; an EQ score is not needed as a threshold.
The Enneagram is for self-exploration only and should not decide hiring or equipment authorization.
Compare your interests and ability with one drawing conditions sheet, a paper section sketch, a measurement plan, and an issue handoff sheet.
You may be better suited if you are willing to repeatedly read drawings, lay out, assemble, and measure, and take responsibility for physical deviations.
Call for caution: unwilling to follow machine guarding, dust control, or repeated re-measurement requirements.
Do one low-risk entry exercise: using only a fictional paper work order, list known dimensions and open allowances, tolerances, and parting issues.
Verifies wood patternmaking, measurement, and handoff tasks; O*NET gives no individual fit score.
Explains typical US entry education and does not define personality or hiring thresholds.
Explains the US on-the-job training classification and cannot be used directly for Chinese post qualification judgments.
Compares the uses of wood product models and sand casting patterns and does not imply automatic transfer.
Compares material and equipment differences for metal and plastic patterns and does not prove wood patternmaking qualifications.
Compares the delivery differences between finished wood product making and casting patterns.
Compares sand mold and core operations with upstream wood patternmaking and is not used as personality evidence.
Used only to note assessment data handling boundaries and does not prove personality type and wood patternmaker performance.
Risk boundaries: US OSHA woodworking material is used to identify hazards such as machine guarding and wood dust; specific legal duties and operating authorization should be confirmed with applicable local law and the employer's on-site rules.
The main risks for wood patternmakers come from misreading drawing dimensions or parting, injury from woodworking equipment and cutters, dust exposure, and pattern defects passed on to the subsequent sand mold. Before delivery, verify dimensions, assembly, and use requirements, and stop work and report when safety conditions are inadequate.
Evidence scope: O*NET supports occupational tasks and tool context; OSHA supports general US woodworking equipment and dust hazards. The handling steps in the cards are editorial suggestions and do not replace on-site process documents and training.
Layout and inspection staff, subsequent foundry operations
A wrong pattern may cause sand mold or casting dimension deviations and rework.
Verify drawing version, scale, and permitted deviations; when allowances are not given, record the gap and ask the process owner to confirm.
The drawing gives only finished casting dimensions but does not provide the process allowances needed for the pattern.
Operator and nearby collaborating personnel
Missing guards or incorrect feeding may cause cuts, entanglement, and similar injuries.
Operate per on-site training; check guards, fixturing, and stopped state, and stop and report when abnormal.
Finding missing or insecure guards while sawing or planing lumber.
Operators, cleaning, and maintenance personnel
Dust from machining and sanding may affect respiratory health and increase workshop risk.
Use the dust collection, cleaning, and personal protection measures specified on site; pause dust-generating work when control facilities fail.
Dust collection fails while sanding a wooden pattern, and dust in the work area increases noticeably.
Wood patternmakers, molding workers, and quality inspection staff
Deviations in joints, location, or parting surfaces affect sand mold making and casting quality.
Trial-assemble and measure key locating dimensions first; mark the version on the pattern and the inspection record.
After assembling the sectional wooden pattern, the locating pins do not match, so repeatable assembly dimensions cannot be guaranteed.
Wood patternmakers, molding workers, and the project owner
Reusing an old pattern version may reproduce defects.
Isolate the old piece, record the change location, date, and re-measurement results, and confirm the current version at handoff.
The pattern has been reshaped, but the storage label and on-site issue records still point to the old version.
Wood patternmakers, material handlers, and on-site collaborators
An unstable heavy piece or improper fixturing may damage the pattern and injure people.
Choose handling and securing methods approved on site for the weight and shape; do not handle work pieces beyond your training alone.
Large sectional wooden patterns risk slipping during turning, handling, or machine fixturing.
O*NET 51-7032.00 is used to define the tasks of building wooden patterns for sand casting and the related machining and inspection tasks.
OSHA woodworking material describes general US woodworking machinery and dust risks and is not a list of Chinese legal duties.
On-site equipment guarding, training, and personal protection requirements must be set by applicable local law and employer procedures.
The BLS occupational summary supports only US wood patternmaker employment and pay statistics and provides no accident rate or on-site risk handling rules for this occupation.
The O*NET task list supports the existence of wood pattern machining, measurement, and rework tasks and does not prove a specific employer's machine guarding or restart procedures.
| Product model uses are broader and are not necessarily for sand casting. |
| Cabinetmaking assistant | Machines and assembles cabinets, doors, or other wood products. | Whether production follows woodworking drawings, safety processes, and quality requirements. | Demonstrate the basics with a bill of materials and dimension verification exercises that involve no machining. | Delivers usable wood products rather than casting patterns. |
| Casting sand mold or core assistant | Under training, makes sand molds and cores from patterns and records defects. | Whether foundry on-site safety requirements and process instructions are followed. | Explain the sequence of pattern, sand mold, and core with a flow chart. | A foundry operation that follows wood pattern delivery. |
| Wood pattern inspection and repair | Checks wooden patterns against drawings, measuring tools, and rework records. | Whether the measurement datum, out-of-tolerance handling, and release authority can be explained. | Submit inspection records for a fictional pattern, stating clearly that no pass judgment is made when tolerances are not given. | It is a task focus within wood patternmaking, not a separate occupational certification. |
US education basis
BLS lists typical US entry education for wood patternmakers as high school or equivalent, related experience as none, and on-the-job training as medium term.
Verify the target employer's actual drawings, equipment, safety training, and language requirements; a statistical category is not a hiring promise.
Equipment safety
Woodworking machinery such as saws and lathes may be operated only under employer training and protection conditions; paper work cannot replace on-site authorization.
Verify equipment guards, dust control, measurement procedures, and who holds the authority to stop work.
Role of official task materials
O*NET lists drawing reading, layout, segmentation, machining, assembly, and dimension inspection, which is useful for checking whether a recruiting title is really wood patternmaking.
Map each notice duty to the drawing, materials, equipment, pattern, and inspection deliverables.
Work evidence
Use a fictional dimension sheet, drawing version records, and an open conditions list to show that you pause judgment and ask questions when a gap is found.
Ask another person to restate from the records alone which dimensions are given and which still need confirmation from the process owner.
Materials and setup | All data is editorially designed and fictional
You are a wood patternmaking apprentice working only on paper design and inspection, with no access to machines or real castings. Fictional work order W1: prepare a wood pattern inspection plan for a rectangular casting 120 mm long, 80 mm wide, and 40 mm high; these are finished nominal dimensions and are not approved wood pattern dimensions.
Drawing W2 does not specify shrinkage allowance, machining allowance, tolerances, parting lines, or draft angle. The process owner has not yet approved these conditions.
Available tool list for W3: pencil, paper, straightedge, and a blank record sheet. Cutting, sanding, using power, and real workshop operations are not allowed.
Task and outputs
Output a one-page work order checklist: write the known 120×80×40 mm finished nominal dimensions, the drawing version, the five open process conditions, and who must confirm each; do not write the finished dimensions directly as wood pattern machining dimensions.
Draw a separate sectional sketch with no machining instructions, marking the parting line to be confirmed. Write three handoff questions: who approves allowances, tolerances, and draft conditions respectively, and which step cannot be done before approval.
Reference answers
The only known values are the finished nominal dimensions of 120×80×40 mm; wood pattern dimensions cannot be calculated because shrinkage and machining allowances are not given. Tolerances, parting lines, and draft angle also cannot be filled in from experience. The checklist should mark all five items as awaiting confirmation by the process owner.
The sketch may show only length, width, height, and a parting line to be confirmed; the handoff record lists the drawing version, the person to ask, and the no-machining status. If the answer calculates or draws machinable dimensions on its own, it should be sent back for revision.
Boundaries and review
This is a paper exercise and does not simulate real safety training, mold design approval, or machining authorization. Check that the prompt data matches the answer, that every open condition has a handling path, and that no unknown allowance was set to zero.
Drawing conditions checklist
Deliver a one-page W1/W2 conditions sheet: known finished dimensions in one column, and allowances, tolerances, parting, and draft conditions to be confirmed in another.
Review: others can see that wood pattern machining dimensions cannot yet be calculated.
Dimension verification plan
Submit paper measurement points and a measuring tool selection note, stating the tolerances that must await process approval.
Review: the sketch was not treated as a manufacturing drawing or a certificate of conformity.
Wood pattern process handoff record
Record the drawing version, the five questions, the recipients, and the reply status for the process owner to continue.
Safety boundary note
State that the exercise involves no machining; real equipment operation follows on-site protection, training, and authorization.
| Stage | Possible assessment | Observed evidence | Boundaries of use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interview drawing reading | Whether finished dimensions can be distinguished from wood pattern machining dimensions | Point out that W2 is missing allowances and tolerances, without calculating on your own | A paper question cannot prove real equipment operating qualifications |
| Interview parting | Whether it can be identified that the parting line needs process confirmation | The sketch marks only the locations to be confirmed and the reason | Does not replace process design approval |
| Onboarding measurement | Whether measuring tools, datums, and actual values can be recorded | Keep drawing versions and out-of-tolerance escalation records | Actual tolerances follow the approved documents |
| Equipment safety | How to handle a discovered guard failure | Pause the affected equipment and report to authorized personnel | Follow applicable local law and the employer's on-site rules |
Day One
Day One: read the O*NET wood patternmaker tasks and write a card distinguishing finished dimensions, wood pattern dimensions, and pattern use.
Day Two
Day Two: read W1/W2, copy out the known 120×80×40 mm and the five open conditions, and check for omissions.
Day Three
Day Three: make a paper sectional sketch, marking every undetermined parting position as to be confirmed.
Day Four
Day Four: write the conditions list and a record of questions to the process owner, without filling in allowances or tolerances yourself.
Day Five
Day Five: write a plan for measurement points, measuring tools, and drawing version records, without machine operation.
Day Six
Day Six: seal your own answers first, then compare with the reference answers to find dimensions added on your own or questions omitted.
Day Seven
Day Seven: organize the four work pieces and a revision note, and assess whether you are willing to accept repeated measurement, rework, and on-site safety training.
| Qualification / identity | Whom it mainly suits | Realistic role in job seeking | Whether it is a universal entry threshold | Application / registration conditions | Level of investment | Important limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High school equivalent | Job seekers learning about the US BLS entry classification | Listed by BLS as typical entry education, not a hiring guarantee | No; Chinese conditions must be verified separately | Per the target employer's post and local education requirements | Low to medium | Does not grant equipment operation or inspection release authority |
| Woodworking fundamentals and drawing reading training | People lacking woodworking or drafting fundamentals | Build measurement, layout, and material awareness | No; a course certificate does not equal occupational licensing | Verify whether the course includes drawing, measuring tool, and safety practical training | Medium | Should state the training provider and the actual scope of practice |
| Employer woodworking equipment training | New hires who need to use specific machinery | Helps operate designated equipment per on-site procedures | It is an on-site condition, not a certificate valid across employers | Follow equipment, post, and local rules | Medium | Without training and authorization, paper work does not permit operation |
| CAD/CAM fundamentals | People whose post actually uses digital tools | Can assist drawing reading, version comparison, and pattern plans | No; the O*NET software listing is not a universal requirement | Verify the employer's software, data formats, and authorization first | Medium | Software output still requires process verification |
| US registered apprenticeship opportunities | People planning to check apprenticeship paths in the US | O*NET lists wood pattern related apprenticeship titles | Not required for every post | Check the actual program, state, and employer conditions | Medium to high | The existence of a program does not mean there is a local opening |
| Chinese requirements | People applying for wood pattern related posts in China | Verify actual duties, equipment operation, safety training, and qualifications | A uniform threshold cannot be inferred from a US occupational page | Follow applicable local law and the employer's written requirements | Varies by post | No claim of automatic mutual recognition between US and Chinese qualifications |
First: US BLS typical entry education, O*NET apprenticeship and certification listings, and employer equipment training are different bases and cannot be merged into one uniform entry permit.
Second: O*NET lists wood pattern related apprenticeship titles and certification entries, but this does not prove that every wood patternmaker must hold the same certificate, nor that it applies to Chinese posts.
Third: actual woodworking equipment operation must follow applicable local law, equipment risk, and employer training authorization; paper work or software learning does not replace on-site safety training.
Fourth: the qualifications, trade title, and final inspection release authority for Chinese posts must be verified item by item against local requirements and the employer's written responsibility, and cannot be inferred directly from US occupational files.
Evidence gap: this round found no verifiable current wood patternmaker recruitment sample. Later samples must record employer, location, publication date, specific tasks, equipment, safety, and pay unit.
Without a reliable recruitment sample, the gap is retained; this gap does not change the O*NET tasks or the BLS statistical basis.
The path is an illustrative capability ladder and guarantees no hiring or promotion; at every stage, equipment operation and process release follow employer training and authorization.
Under guidance, read drawings, lay out, prepare lumber, and record dimensions; can point out missing tolerances and allowances.
Entry: paper drawing verification and supervised practice
Can complete designated wood pattern section machining, trial assembly, and key dimension re-measurement, and record rework.
Independently completing authorized steps
Can propose a verifiable plan for parting, location, and rework sequence on complex patterns and organize cross-process handoffs.
Complex tasks and process collaboration
Can take part in reviews of drawing versions, equipment safety, and quality problems; capability is verified through work and measurement records.
Process improvement and mentoring
Entry can start with drawing reading, paper inspection, and supervised lumber machining; verify the employer's actual equipment, training, shifts, and acceptance responsibilities first. The BLS typical US entry education is high school or equivalent and is not a uniform Chinese threshold.
No program was currently found in the O*NET wood patternmaker national certification listing; this is a different matter from BLS typical education, employer training, and local equipment authorization, and cannot be merged into a single qualification conclusion.
United States and mainland China
This page has not yet verified a citable current Chinese wood patternmaker recruitment sample, so it claims no uniform education, certificate, pay, or recruitment conditions.
BLS US typical entry education and on-the-job training basis; does not represent a specific employer's requirements.
O*NET wood patternmaker tasks and work activities, used to verify drawing reading, machining, assembly, and measurement capability.
The paper exercises are editorially designed job-seeking work and do not prove the ability to operate machines independently.
On-site training, equipment authorization, and inspection release must be confirmed item by item with the target employer.
Verify employer training, equipment authorization, and local requirements; no uniform certificate can replace on-site capability.
Verify the employer's entry training and equipment authorization, and do not substitute certificates for hands-on practice.
Drawing conditions sheet and paper measurement plan; on-site training records.
Mark datums, parting, and allowances to be confirmed on the official drawing; prepare lumber under guidance. Learn cutting, assembly, and safety checks within the authorized scope.
Wood patternmaking apprentice
Training and qualifications are verified per the target post, equipment, and local rules; this stage does not automatically create signing authority.
Add complex curved surfaces, locating structures, and measuring tool capability.
Traceable sectional dimension sheets, rework records, and pattern photos.
Machine wood pattern sections per process requirements, trial-assemble, and re-measure key dimensions. Accept designated steps, and stop and report to the supervisor when deviations are found.
Wood pattern machining worker
Training and qualifications are verified per the target post, equipment, and local rules; this stage does not automatically create signing authority.
Learn to review how drawing changes affect the downstream sand mold.
Complex pattern work, parting and location explanations, and before and after re-measurement records.
Handle multi-section patterns, location, surface shaping, and rework handoff. Coordinate machining sequence and quality review within authorization.
Complex wood patternmaker
Training and qualifications are verified per the target post, equipment, and local rules; this stage does not automatically create signing authority.
Continue developing in process or quality directions per employer duties.
Mentoring records, closed issue loops, and reusable checklists.
Guide newcomers in drawing reading, inspection, and safety handoff, and drive rework cause reviews. Take on mentoring tasks per employer appointment and do not automatically obtain process signing authority.
Wood pattern process mentor
Verify employer training, equipment authorization, and local requirements; no uniform certificate can replace on-site capability.
Learn basic CAD and measurement expression.
Version comparison tables and open process condition lists.
Organize casting drawing versions and dimension issues, and do not approve pattern dimensions yourself. Ask process staff and keep records of the replies.
Drawing and records assistant
Training and qualifications are verified per the target post, equipment, and local rules; this stage does not automatically create signing authority.
Become familiar with the target employer's CAD/CAM and file management processes.
Drawings, revision records, and physical dimension comparison.
Draw wood pattern reference drawings under approved conditions and mark the parting. A digital drawing cannot replace on-site trial assembly and measurement.
CAD wood pattern drafting support
Training and qualifications are verified per the target post, equipment, and local rules; this stage does not automatically create signing authority.
Add knowledge of complex curved surfaces, tool paths, and equipment collaboration.
Key dimension deviation tables, version identification, and re-measurement evidence.
Check the approved digital model item by item against the physical wood pattern. Propose rework suggestions only within authorization.
Digital model and physical comparison personnel
Training and qualifications are verified per the target post, equipment, and local rules; this stage does not automatically create signing authority.
Move into digital manufacturing or process collaboration based on capability.
Change impact lists and cross-process review records.
Help process staff sort out manufacturability and revision impacts. Final process approval, machine safety, and finished product release rest with the responsible persons.
Machining plan collaborator
Verify employer training, equipment authorization, and local requirements; no uniform certificate can replace on-site capability.
Understand the acceptance standards of the downstream molding operation.
Pattern handoff sheets, version and missing part checklists.
Learn pattern use, sand mold parting, and issue identification. Identify and report pattern damage under guidance.
Wood pattern and molding handoff assistant
Training and qualifications are verified per the target post, equipment, and local rules; this stage does not automatically create signing authority.
Learn the correspondence between common sand mold defects and wood pattern problems.
Trial assembly records, photos, and key dimension re-measurement sheets.
Trial-assemble the pattern with molding staff and record location and draft problems. Describe only the pattern condition you can verify yourself.
Wood pattern trial assembly and inspection personnel
Training and qualifications are verified per the target post, equipment, and local rules; this stage does not automatically create signing authority.
Accumulate comparative evidence for different castings and pattern materials.
Issue sheets, before and after rework dimensions, and version handoff.
Organize pattern shaping and re-verification per approved rework requirements. Cross-process disagreements go to the process and quality owners for decision.
Mold repair coordinator
Training and qualifications are verified per the target post, equipment, and local rules; this stage does not automatically create signing authority.
Develop toward molding or quality depending on training and post opportunities.
Cross-process defect analysis, prevention lists, and mentoring materials.
Help review how pattern problems affect the sand mold and castings. Post duties and quality signing authority must be defined by the employer.
Casting pattern quality collaborator
Exact BLS wood patternmaker 51-7032 occupation: employment shows 0.6 thousand for both 2025 and 2035, with net change shown as 0.0 thousand, all rounded; the official change rate is a 2.0% decline. Annual average openings are 0.1 thousand, about 100, including separation replacements, and cannot be treated as net new jobs or real-time recruitment. Evidence gap: no comparable Chinese wood patternmaker employment projection was verified, and US data cannot be used to infer Chinese demand, AI substitution, or individual unemployment probability.
Region: nationwide United States; comparable employment counts and trends for wood patternmakers in mainland China have not yet been verified.
Period: 2025 employment base year, 2025—2035 projection period.
Interpretation: BLS expects a slight decline in wood patternmaker employment; a small base amplifies the effect of a single employer, region, or project on the job-seeking experience, and the second half of this sentence is an editorial inference.
Limitation: the projection gives no Chinese market size and does not equal a specific company's orders, hiring plans, or job openings.
Measures: employment stock, ten-year net change rate, and annual average openings including replacements are explained separately.
Occupational scope: US wood patternmakers, O*NET 51-7032.00.
About 600 people in 2025 and 2035; a 2.0% decline; annual average openings of about 100 (including replacements).
Region: nationwide United States, not applicable to recruitment in mainland China.
Period: BLS 2025—2035 projection.
Projected change rate of -2.0%; the net headcount shown as 0.0 thousand is rounding and does not prove that nothing changed.
Annual average openings of 0.1 thousand include replacements, not 100 net new jobs, a current recruitment count, or a personal opportunity probability.
Measure: 2025—2035 employment change rate.
Occupational scope: US wood patternmakers, not all woodworking or all of manufacturing.
A 2.0% decline over 2025—2035; about 100 annual average openings including replacements.
Region: mainland China; there is currently no official employment projection that can be safely mapped to wood patternmakers.
Period: no verifiable projection base and end period has been established.
Interpretation: without a same-basis official series, the judgment can only be supplemented with local real posts, process requirements, and employer orders.
Limitation: a US occupational projection cannot be rewritten directly as Chinese market growth or decline.
Measure: mainland China wood patternmaker employment projection, evidence gap.
Occupational scope: mainland China wood patternmakers and O*NET 51-7032.00 have no established official one-to-one mapping.
Evidence gap: no comparable mainland China wood patternmaker projection value was verified.
Employment of about 600 including self-employed workers is the BLS 2025 occupational count, not a recruitment count or a wage employee sample size.
The 2.0% decline is a ten-year net change rate; about 100 is annual average openings including replacements, and the two are not interchangeable.
A comparable Chinese occupational series was not verified, so no growth rate is listed for now.
O*NET is used to define the tasks: building wooden patterns for casting sand molds to drawings, and inspecting and reworking them. The following near, middle, and farther comparisons are editorial qualitative comparisons by task and material differences and do not validate individual transfer success rates or mutual recognition of qualifications.
Wood model makers: must add design requirements, dimension standards, and customer delivery for non-casting products.
Shared capabilities: drawing reading, woodworking, measurement, assembly, and surface finishing.
Near
Metal and plastic patternmakers: must add the corresponding material machining, equipment, and safety training.
Shared capabilities: understanding casting pattern drawings, layout, dimension checking, and pattern rework.
Medium
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters: must add furniture or cabinet product structure, joinery, and finishing requirements.
Shared capabilities: lumber selection, sawing, assembly, dimension control, and surface treatment.
Medium
Foundry mold and core makers: must add molding materials, sand mold operation, and on-site quality control.
Shared capabilities: understanding casting shape, parting surfaces, and how patterns affect subsequent forming.
Medium
Carpenters: must add construction site component installation, construction drawings, and on-site safety requirements.
Shared capabilities: wood cutting, measurement, assembly, and finishing.
Medium
Woodworking machine operators: must add setup, feeding, and troubleshooting training for the specific equipment.
Shared capabilities: understanding wood machining dimensions, checking quality, and following equipment safety procedures.
Medium
Tool and die makers: must add metal machining, precision machine tool, and mold making training.
Shared capabilities: drawing reading, tolerance understanding, machining sequence, and dimension inspection.
Farther
Metal and plastic model makers: must add metal or plastic machining, joining, and surface treatment.
Shared capabilities: making physical models to design drawings, assembling, and verifying dimensions.
Medium
O*NET tasks include drawing reading, layout, machining, assembly, inspection, and rework. AI or CAD can assist with sketches, version comparison, and record organization, but machining, dimension release, and safety responsibility still depend on on-site personnel and authorization. Existing task exposure research cannot derive a specific probability of wood patternmaker job losses.
Evidence gap: no exact Chinese wood patternmaker pay row has been established. The 2025 urban manufacturing figures of 113,594 yuan for non-private and 76,055 yuan for private are pre-tax annual industry averages covering urban legal entities with 5 or more people; they apply as a reference only when the actual employer's main business and unit type match, and they are not wood patternmaker pay, a monthly salary, or take-home income. Recruiting quotes must be verified separately for region, date, shifts, and the specific sand casting pattern task.
It does not. The May 2025 wood patternmaker nationwide annual wage quintiles are 37,600, 41,170, 49,630, 59,350, and 83,780 dollars; 49,630 is the distribution midpoint, not an arithmetic mean, new-hire starting pay, or take-home income, and OEWS wage employee pay excludes self-employment income.
BLS lists typical US entry education for wood patternmakers as high school or equivalent, related occupational experience as none, and on-the-job training as medium term; this is an occupational statistical classification and does not mean any employer must accept an inexperienced applicant. Chinese posts must be verified separately for local employer requirements and equipment training.
A uniform certificate cannot be inferred from the occupational title. The O*NET wood patternmaker national certification listing currently shows no program found, but this does not mean that local rules, woodworking equipment training, or employer authorization are unnecessary. Actual requirements for Chinese posts should be verified with the locality and the specific employer and cannot be copied from the US listing.
High-risk points include misreading drawing versions or dimension datums, unconfirmed sections and draft conditions, inadequate woodworking machine guarding, exposure to flying chips and wood dust, and unrecorded pattern out-of-tolerance results. When equipment guards fail or key dimensions are unclear, pause the affected steps and hand them to authorized personnel.
US wood patternmaker employment declines 2.0% over 2025—2035, with both employment endpoints shown as about 600 and a net change shown as 0.0 thousand due to rounding; annual average openings of about 100 include replacements and are not 100 net new jobs. Chinese demand, AI causation, or individual unemployment cannot be inferred. Moving to wood product models, metal and plastic patterns, cabinetmaking, or sand molding requires separate verification of use, materials, and equipment training.
FermatMind career content team (editorial compilation, not a review by wood patternmaking practitioners)
Occupational tasks are based on O*NET51-7032.00; the US 2025 wage quintiles and the 2025—2035 employment projection are attributed to their respective programs; the Chinese manufacturing reference is limited to real legal entity main business and unit type. Woodworking risks reference US OSHA, and exact Chinese wood patternmaker pay and current recruitment remain gaps.
On 2026-10-12 this round verified the O*NET wood patternmaker tasks, pay, and national certification listing, the BLS exact projection and statistical summary, and US OSHA woodworking hazards; it also uses the NBS2025 pay source text verified earlier in this window. The industry classification PDF and the full text of current employer notices were not obtained this round, and platform listings are not treated as evidence of an open position. Older access dates are kept as historical.
The Chinese text on this page is used to explain the official US occupational scope and does not establish mutual recognition of Chinese and foreign qualifications; all fictional exercise materials are editorial designs and do not represent employer standards or legal provisions. Personal results, orders, and payment information do not appear on public pages.
The current listing shows no national certification program found for wood patternmakers; this is a listing search result and does not mean that no local training or employer requirement exists.
The certification listing is provided through the CareerOneStop data interface; entering a post still requires verifying local rules, specific equipment training, and employer authorization.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
Page accessed on 2026-09-26
official credential directory
Occupation-specific
Finding no national certification program cannot imply that safety training is unnecessary, that no local permit is needed, or that equipment operating rights are automatically obtained.
2026-10-02
BLS single line for Patternmakers, wood: the May 2025 US annual pay median of 49,630 dollars, usable to explain the nationwide occupational pay position.
The summary does not list the pay percentiles, industry breakdowns, or Chinese pay needed on this page; the median does not equal new-hire starting pay or an individual's actual pay.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
2025 employment and May 2025 wage; 2025–2035 projection
official occupation summary
Occupation-specific
It shares the same official BLS table as the employment projection entry on this page and is not an independent survey; it describes US occupational statistics only.
2026-09-26
BLS single line for Patternmakers, wood: about 600 employed in 2025, with an employment change of about -2% over 2025—2035, and table values are rounded.
A small-occupation projection cannot be used to infer the Chinese market, hiring in a particular region, or an individual's opportunity; this entry and the pay entry come from the same official table.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
2025 employment and May 2025 wage; 2025–2035 projection
official occupation summary
Occupation-specific
The employment count and growth rate are a US occupational projection, not a company hiring plan, and cannot be mixed with O*NET page projections from different years.
2026-09-26
2025 manufacturing urban non-private 113594 yuan and private 76055 yuan, pre-tax annual average wages in yuan.
Covers employed persons in urban legal entities with 5 or more people and excludes self-employed individuals and freelancers; includes withheld personal income tax, personal social insurance, and housing fund.
National Bureau of Statistics
Mainland China nationwide basis
2025 wages; published 2026-05-15; verified 2026-10-02
official industry wage statistics
Industry reference
A manufacturing broad industry average that does not list wood patternmakers separately; it applies as a reference only when the actual legal entity main business, unit type, and statistical coverage match, and it is not personal income.
2026-10-02
2025 manufacturing urban non-private 113594 yuan and private 76055 yuan, pre-tax annual average wages in yuan.
Covers employed persons in urban legal entities with 5 or more people and excludes self-employed individuals and freelancers; includes withheld personal income tax, personal social insurance, and housing fund.
National Bureau of Statistics
Mainland China
2025 wages; published 2026-05-15; verified 2026-10-02
official aggregate wage statistics
Industry reference
A manufacturing broad industry average that does not list wood patternmakers separately; it applies as a reference only when the actual legal entity main business, unit type, and statistical coverage match, and it is not personal income.
2026-10-02
The occupational definition is limited to one-piece or sectional wooden patterns for casting sand mold making; the page also lists common English job titles.
The title list is for searching posts and cannot by itself determine the material, process, or Chinese occupational classification.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
The task table lists reading drawings, determining pattern dimensions, and machine setup as core tasks and requires laying out on lumber to the drawing.
The task table describes US occupational activities and does not prove that any employer has authorized an individual to change drawings or operate equipment independently.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
The task table lists segmenting to the casting shape so the pattern can be removed from the sand mold; it also covers assembling wooden parts with fasteners.
The segmentation method depends on the actual casting and process documents, and the page provides no uniform shrinkage rate or machining allowance.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
The task table separately lists hand tool shaping and grinding, and setup and operation of woodworking machinery such as saws and lathes.
Listing equipment is an occupational task description, not a personal equipment operating permit; on-site guards and training must still be verified.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
The task table lists checking finished dimensions with templates, straightedges, calipers, and protractors, and repairing damaged patterns.
The existence of a task does not mean the individual holds final inspection release authority; tolerances, rework, and handoff follow employer documents.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
The task table lists marking identifying information on patterns and templates, keeping pattern records, and storing lumber and patterns.
The format of identification and records depends on the employer's system; this page cannot derive a uniform retention period or legal liability.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
The study builds a generative AI exposure index at the occupational task level and distinguishes potential task change from whole-occupation disappearance.
This page uses only its methodological boundaries to explain the potential tool impact on tasks such as drawing reading and records and does not derive a substitution rate for wood patternmakers from it.
Actual adoption, efficiency, and employment outcomes still depend on evidence about equipment, processes, organizations, and local markets.
International Labour Organization
Global
ILO 2025; accessed 2026-08-31
official research
market_signal
Global exposure evidence is not adoption, job-loss probability, regulation or authorization evidence.
2026-08-31
Used to state evidence gaps explicitly, design fictional exercises, and explain how users should verify drawings, equipment, and employer requirements.
Each editorial statement must still be independently reviewed for its applicable boundaries against adjacent official sources or real post materials.
FermatMind career content team
Must be read together with the specific market of each statement
Editorially compiled on 2026-09-26
editorial explanation, not external evidence
editorial
Editorial notes, exercises, and conditional suggestions cannot serve as evidence of external statistics, regulations, or employer requirements.
2026-09-26
Used to prompt thinking about inputs, outputs, verification, and risk management.
On-site woodworking machinery risks still require reference to equipment rules and employer training.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Cross-scenario
accessed 2026-09-26
official risk management profile
contextual
General generative AI risk material that provides no wood patternmaker accident rate or equipment regulation.
2026-09-26
Used to explain the potential impact of language models on text tasks.
Cannot replace occupation-specific experiments on physical wood pattern machining.
Research authors via arXiv
Main US tasks
accessed 2026-09-26
research paper
task_exposure
Estimates task potential and does not forecast wood patternmaker adoption timing or unemployment numbers.
2026-09-26
Used to describe cross-industry employer expectations about skills change.
Not used as a substitution rate or specific recruitment demand for this occupation.
World Economic Forum
Cross-national employer survey
2025 report; accessed 2026-09-26
employer survey report
contextual
Employer expectations are not achieved employment changes for wood patternmakers.
2026-09-26
Work Activities cover technical drawing expression, machine and process control, physical handling, inspecting materials, and problem solving.
Work activity importance comes from US occupational material and is not a Chinese employer's job description or performance standard.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
Detailed Work Activities list studying drawings to determine equipment setup, assembling wood products, drawing guide lines, and verifying finished dimensions.
This section is used to verify actual operating steps and does not support writing another occupation's purchasing or management duties into wood patternmaking.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
Work Context separately lists precision importance, mechanical equipment exposure, and work environment items, which can be used to design on-site verification questions.
Self-reported work context does not equal an accident rate or Chinese legal requirements for a site; hazard identification also references applicable safety material.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
Job Zone Three indicates a medium level of preparation; the page summarizes the common path of vocational school, related experience, and on-the-job training.
Job Zone is an occupational group description, not an individual hiring threshold for wood patternmakers, and does not prove mutual recognition of Chinese certificates.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
The Software Skills section is used to identify the software categories appearing in this occupational material; whether they are actually used still requires verifying employer equipment and processes.
The software section is not an automation substitution rate and does not prove that any wood patternmaker post must master a particular product.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
The Knowledge and Essential Skills sections help verify preparation directions such as mechanics, design, mathematics, reading comprehension, and quality checking.
The sections are US occupational characteristic material and do not constitute course certification or a uniform education requirement for Chinese posts.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
The Abilities section lists items such as finger dexterity, arm-hand steadiness, and control precision.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
The Career Interest Types section lists Realistic, Artistic, and Conventional; Work Styles separately describes preferences such as attention to detail and dependability.
Occupational interests are an occupational-level description and cannot be treated as a reader's personality diagnosis or a hiring screening score.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
The Related Occupations section provides adjacent occupation cues to help verify the differences among wood models, metal and plastic patterns, and other manufacturing tasks.
Adjacent occupations are not an automatic transfer route; materials, equipment, and delivery recipients still require post-by-post verification.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 51-7032.00; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupation profile section
contextual
It belongs to the same US occupational profile as the other O*NET sections on this page and is not an independent sample; it does not directly define Chinese post qualifications or employer authorization.
2026-09-26
Tasks, Detailed Work Activities, Work Context, Job Zone, and related occupation sections.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 2026 update; page also contains BLS 2024–2034 projections
official occupation profile
Occupation-specific
Task material does not set Chinese post qualifications; the projection inside the O*NET page and the BLS 2025–2035 projection are not the same period.
2026-10-02
Patternmakers, wood single line: 600 employed in 2025, a May 2025 annual pay median of 49,630 dollars, and an employment change of about -2% over 2025—2035.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
May 2025 wage; 2025 employment; 2025–2035 projections
official occupation summary
Occupation-specific
The employment count is a published rounded value; the pay median is not starting pay or personal income.
2026-09-26
An overview of woodworking machine guarding, flying chips, dust, and finishing chemical hazards.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
United States
current page; accessed 2026-09-26
official occupational safety guidance
contextual
Applies to US workplaces; does not automatically become a Chinese legal duty or a uniform national operating permit for this occupation.
2026-10-02
Occupational definition and main tasks, used for adjacent occupation comparison.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 2026 update
official adjacent occupation profile
contextual
Precision wood product models and casting sand mold wood patterns are not the same deliverable; this does not constitute mutual recognition of Chinese qualifications.
2026-09-26
Occupational definition and main tasks, used for adjacent occupation comparison.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 2026 update
official adjacent occupation profile
contextual
Metal and plastic processes differ from woodworking equipment authorization; this does not constitute mutual recognition of Chinese qualifications.
2026-09-26
Occupational definition and main tasks, used for adjacent occupation comparison.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 2026 update
official adjacent occupation profile
contextual
Wood product making is not equivalent to casting sand mold patterns; this does not constitute mutual recognition of Chinese qualifications.
2026-09-26
Occupational definition and main tasks, used for adjacent occupation comparison.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
United States
O*NET 2026 update
official adjacent occupation profile
contextual
Sand mold and core making should be distinguished from upstream wood patternmaking; this does not constitute mutual recognition of Chinese qualifications.
2026-09-26
Annual 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles: 37600, 41170, 49630, 59350, and 83780 dollars.
Corresponding hourly wages are 18.08, 19.79, 23.86, 28.53, and 40.28 dollars; read the public wage table directly rather than deriving personal hours from annual pay.
O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor; BLS wage data
United States
BLS wage data for May 2025
official reference
Occupation-specific
OEWS wage employee pay excluding self-employment income; nationwide percentiles are not an experience grouping, starting pay, or an individual's take-home income.
2026-10-02
51-7032 line item; 2025 and 2035 employment of 0.6 and 0.6 thousand, net change shown as 0.0 thousand, and a change rate of -2.0%.
Annual average openings of 0.1 thousand; a 2025 self-employment share of 64.3%; typical high school, no related experience, and medium-term on-the-job training are US occupational classifications, not Chinese entry requirements.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
2025 base year; 2025—2035 projection
official reference
Occupation-specific
The projected employment includes self-employed workers, and wages are a separate program; a net change of 0.0 thousand is rounding, not an absence of change. Openings include replacements and are not net new jobs, current recruitment, or an AI result.
2026-10-02
Manufacturing urban non-private 113594 yuan per year and private 76055 yuan per year, pre-tax and including personal taxes and fees, social insurance, and housing fund.
Covers urban legal entities with 5 or more people and excludes self-employed individuals and freelancers; the statistical industry cannot be inferred from the lumber, job title, or workplace.
National Bureau of Statistics
Mainland China
2025; published 2026-05-15
official industry statistics
Industry reference
A broad industry reference where the main business is manufacturing and the unit type matches; it does not represent exact wood patternmaker pay, a recruiting monthly salary, or personal income.
2026-10-02
3525 Mold manufacturing: making molds for metal casting, for mineral materials, for rubber or plastic, and for other uses.
The tasks for this occupation are wooden patterns for sand casting; only a legal entity whose actual main business is manufacturing can use the manufacturing broad industry reference, and independent design or dispatch must be verified separately by the actual unit.
National Bureau of Statistics
Mainland China
GB/T4754-2017 and Amendment No. 1
official reference
contextual
A legal entity's industry is determined by its main economic activity, and the 3525 definition supports only a conditional manufacturing match; it does not claim that all Chinese wood patternmakers fall under the same sub-code.
2026-10-02