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tooling engineer

Tooling engineers design new tools for manufacturing equipment.

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DESCRIPTION

Tooling engineers design new tools for manufacturing equipment. They prepare tooling quotation requests. They estimate costs and delivery time, manage tooling construction follow-up and supervise the routine maintenance of tools. They also analyse data to determine the cause of major tooling difficulties and develop recommendations and action plans for solutions.

THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required
technical drawings

PRACTICAL SKILLS

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences
create a product's virtual model
use technical drawing software
OPTIONALOptional competences
operate precision measuring equipment
use CAM software
plan manufacturing processes

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Skills overview

52total
28 essential
24 optional

Breakdown

Knowledge
1
Skills
5

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Quick insight

This role requires 28 essential competences across both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

DATA SOURCED FROM ESCO (EUROPEAN COMMISSION) & O*NET (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR)

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