Career fit quiz

Is Metal Patternmaker the Right Career for You?

A quick, free 8-question quiz to see how well the metal patternmaker career fits your personality, preferences and goals.

Updated By the Career Education Institute Curriculum Team
How this quiz works

Rate how much you agree with each statement. The quiz compares your answers with the realities of the metal patternmaker job and gives you an honest fit score in under two minutes. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.

Statement 1 of 8I like precision craft
Statement 2 of 8I like foundries
Statement 3 of 8I like machining
Statement 4 of 8I’m patient
Statement 5 of 8I like rare skills
Statement 6 of 8I like daytime hours
Statement 7 of 8I’m willing to spend about Months to years of training training for this career
Statement 8 of 8A typical salary around $58,000 a year would meet my needs

What this career really involves

Patternmakers, metal and plastic, lay out, machine, fit and assemble castings and parts to make metal or plastic foundry patterns, core boxes or match plates.

  • Read drawings
  • Add shrink and draft
  • Machine patterns
  • Make core boxes
  • Fit match plates

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