Technical model maker
The technical model maker is a state-recognized training occupation according to the Vocational Training Act and Crafts Code .
Duration of training
The training period to become a technical model maker is usually three and a half years. The training takes place at the training company and vocational school .
Structure of the profession
The profession includes the three disciplines
- Intuition
- foundry
- Body and production.
With the entry into force of the profession on August 1, 2009, the two previous professions of model making mechanic (for industry) and model maker (for craft) (formerly model fitter / model cabinet maker / model carpenter) ceased to be in force. The technical model maker thus combines the two previously independent professions for industry and craft. The contents of the model maker are mainly found in the field of visualization, while the contents of the model making mechanic mainly flowed into the fields of foundry as well as bodywork and production.
Work areas
The subject areas of the apprenticeship can be assigned to the different work areas of technical model makers. The field of visualization was designed for companies involved in model and prototype construction as well as for engineering and architecture offices. Foundries as well as model and mold making companies can fall back on the foundry specialty. Companies in the automobile and vehicle construction industry as well as companies that make molds should fall back on the specialist field of bodywork and production.
Professional Skills
Technical model maker specializing in visualization
- make models for demonstration, planning or testing purposes
- change visual models and repair them
- use manual and machine manufacturing methods
- treat and process materials and auxiliary materials
- plan and design visual models
- plan the production
- create manufacturing documents and define manufacturing processes
- set up, operate and maintain tools, devices, machines and technical equipment
- use computer-aided manufacturing processes
- apply drive and control technology
- design and treat surfaces
- check illustrative models
- prepare demonstration models for shipping
- take into account safety and health protection at work as well as environmental protection
Technical model maker specializing in foundry (formerly model fitter / model maker / model maker and mold maker)
- manufacture models by manual and machine processes based on
- Construction drawings and taking into account the molding process to which
- metal potting and the number of molding processes required
- modify and repair models, model facilities and manufacturing facilities
- treat and process materials and auxiliary materials
- plan and design foundry pattern making products
- create manufacturing documents and define manufacturing processes
- set up, operate and maintain tools, devices, machines and technical equipment
- use computer-aided manufacturing processes
- manufacture samples, prototypes and manufacturing facilities
- manufacture foundry pattern equipment and permanent molds
- apply drive and control technology
- check foundry pattern equipment and permanent molds
- take into account safety and health protection at work as well as environmental protection
Technical model builder specializing in bodywork and production
- provide models for the body shop or production models as templates for the
- One-off and series production as well as for mold and tool construction, using manual and mechanical production methods
- modify and repair models, model facilities and manufacturing facilities
- treat and process materials and auxiliary materials
- plan and design products for body or production model construction
- create manufacturing documents and define manufacturing processes
- set up, operate and maintain tools, devices, machines and technical equipment
- use computer-aided manufacturing processes
- manufacture samples, prototypes and manufacturing facilities
- manufacture body or production models
- apply drive and control technology
- check body or production models
- take into account safety and health protection at work as well as environmental protection
literature
- Technical model maker - design training BiBB (ed.), 1st edition 2010. W. Bertelsmann Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7639-4388-3
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Training regulations on juris . (PDF file; 96 kB). Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- ↑ Training profile on the BiBB website ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 7, 2010
