Model Makers, Wood

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $83,230.00
Average: $52,820.00
Hourly
Average: $25.39

What they do:

Construct full-size and scale wooden precision models of products. Includes wood jig builders and loft workers.

On the job, you would:

  • Verify dimensions and contours of models during hand-forming processes, using templates and measuring devices.
  • Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications, and consult with designers to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups.
  • Set up, operate, and adjust a variety of woodworking machines such as bandsaws and planers to cut and shape sections, parts, and patterns, according to specifications.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

89% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
79% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
77% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
75% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
73% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
73% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
72% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
72% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
72% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
71% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
70% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
70% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
67% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
66% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
61% Artistic  -  Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

67% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
67% Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

69% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
69% Finger Dexterity  -  The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
66% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
66% Control Precision  -  The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
66% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Job Details

Responsibilities
Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
Study blueprints or other instructions to determine equipment setup requirements.
Exchange information with colleagues.
Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
Operate cutting equipment.
Assemble wood products.
Shape surfaces or edges of wood workpieces.
Trim excess material from workpieces.
Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
Select production input materials.
Build production molds.
Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
Draw guide lines or markings on materials or workpieces using patterns or other references.
Construct patterns, templates, or other work aids.
Record operational or production data.
Assemble machine tools, parts, or fixtures.
Distribute supplies to workers.
Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

97% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
96% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
95% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
94% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
94% Exposed to Hazardous Equipment  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
90% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
86% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
81% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
81% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
81% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
81% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
80% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
78% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
75% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
74% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
73% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
67% Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
78% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
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Tasks & Values

83% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
79% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
77% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
75% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
74% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
73% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
73% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
71% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
69% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
69% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
69% Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information  -  Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.

Getting Started

Education:
48%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
32%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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