Model Makers, Wood
SOC Code: 51-7031
Model Makers, Woods read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications, and consult with designers to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups. This career typically requires medium preparation (1-2 years). With an AI-proof score of 87.3/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operations Monitoring, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension.
AI-Proof Score: 87.3 — Very High
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Median Salary
$51,850
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Job Growth
-4.5%
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Training Time
Medium preparation (1-2 years)
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Job Zone
Zone 3 / 5
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Training Cost
~$15,000
Key Skills
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Monitoring
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Operation and Control
- •Judgment and Decision Making
- •Time Management
- •Speaking
- •Critical Thinking
Common Tasks
- ✓Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications, and consult with designers to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups.
- ✓Fit, fasten, and assemble wood parts together to form patterns, models, or sections, using glue, nails, dowels, bolts, screws, and other fasteners.
- ✓Verify dimensions and contours of models during hand-forming processes, using templates and measuring devices.
- ✓Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces, and plane, shave, file, scrape, and sand models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools.
- ✓Plan, lay out, and draw outlines of units, sectional patterns, or full-scale mock-ups of products.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation