Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Pattern-maker (casting industry) or model-maker (automotive industry) (m/f)

Duration of traineeship

3,5 years

The venues for training delivery are the training company and the vocational school

Field of activity

Pattern-makers / model-makers are mainly employed in - respectively - foundries and the automotive industry as well as in specialized model and mould-making workshops. Their job is to manufacture, modify and maintain patterns/models and pattern/model equipment. This involves producing plans based on specific pattern/model drawings, manufacturing pattern/model parts from a variety of materials by machining or manual cutting in particular, and joining these parts to form working patterns/models and pattern/model equipment.

Occupational skills

Pattern-makers specializing in foundry

• operations use finished part drawings of castings to produce pattern planning drawings;
• plan the sequence of operations involved in manufacturing patterns, pattern equipment, core boxes, templates and jigs;
• treat surfaces mechanically or by coating according to the requirements of the pattern;
• manufacture patterns and aids needed for the production process;
• manufacture patterns, pattern equipment and templates from wood, metal, plastics or combinations of materials using manual and mechanical manufacturing techniques and assemble these for the production process in the foundry;
• modify patterns and pattern equipment according to production requirements and maintain them;
• carry out quality assurance measures by checking dimensions, shapes, surfaces and the functioning of patterns and pattern equipment.

Model-makers specializing in vehicle body operations

• use vehicle body drawings to produce model planning drawings;
• plan the sequence of operations for the manufacture of tangible, original and cubing models;
• manufacture models and aids needed for the production process;
• manufacture vehicle body models from wood, metal, plastics or combinations of materials using manual and mechanical manufacturing techniques and, in particular, process free-form surfaces on numerically controlled machine tools;
• modify vehicle body models according to production requirements and maintain them;
• carry out quality assurance measures by checking dimensions, shapes, surfaces and the functioning of vehicle body models.

Last modified on: July 30, 2007