From surface engineer to tooling engineer
12 of the 28 essential skills of a tooling engineer are already essential for a surface engineer — about 43% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from surface engineer in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 16
- would be new
- 43%
- of the target job covered
- 28
- essential skills of a tooling engineer
What a tooling engineer does
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.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
16 skillsEssential for a tooling engineer and not for a surface engineer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- build a product's physical model
- CAD software
- CAE software
- create a product's virtual model
- determine production feasibility
- estimate duration of work
- ICT software specifications
- mechanics
- multimedia systems
- physics
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
- quality and cycle time optimisation
- read engineering drawings
- reverse engineering
- use CAD software
- use computer-aided engineering systems
Other moves from surface engineer
2 roles- rotating equipment engineer11 skills in common
- container equipment design engineer11 skills in common
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How far are you from being a tooling engineer?
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