Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
Education
Required Level of Education
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades) = 57.70%
- High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) = 17.10%
- Some College Courses = 14.32%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 8.42%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 1.44%
- Bachelor's Degree = 1.02%
Related Work Experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 35.39%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 22.81%
- None = 16.60%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 11.50%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 6.39%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 3.24%
- Over 10 years = 2.12%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 1.96%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 27.00%
- None = 25.87%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 16.73%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.57%
- Up to and including 1 month = 8.61%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 5.60%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 3.56%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 1.06%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 27.09%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 25.30%
- None or short demonstration = 12.07%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 10.56%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.72%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.63%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 4.36%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 1.27%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.



