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Model Makers, Metal and Plastic

Read a drawing, set up the lathe, machine a prototype part, measure it with calipers, find it's two thousandths off, adjust the toolpath, run it again, deburr the edges until your fingers hurt, hand it to the engineer who immediately wants a change.

Median$63k
Jobs in U.S.3k
10-yr outlook-18.2%
Entry ed.High school diploma or equivalent
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Careers / Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
Career · Trades family

Model Makers, Metal and Plastic

Read a drawing, set up the lathe, machine a prototype part, measure it with calipers, find it's two thousandths off, adjust the toolpath, run it again, deburr the edges until your fingers hurt, hand it to the engineer who immediately wants a change.

Median$63k
Jobs in U.S.3k
10-yr outlook-18.2%
Entry ed.High school diploma or equivalent
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Get the full brief.

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  • Pay over the career, entry to senior
  • A real day in the life, start to finish
  • Real employers from the last 12 months
  • Related careers worth comparing

Email magic-link sign-in is coming next. For now Google handles the auth — we never see your password and we never ask for your age.