Recreation model maker

About this career

Recreation model makers design and construct recreation scale models from various materials such as plastic, wood, wax and metals, mostly by hand.

Essential skills

apply a protective layer assemble toys design scale models ensure finished product meet requirements inspect toys and games for damage pack goods perform toys finishing

Required knowledge

CAD software similitude toys and games industry toys and games safety recommendations toys and games trends

Additional skills

create smooth wood surface cut metal products fabricate metal parts finish plastic products join metals join wood elements maintain plastic machinery manipulate glass manipulate metal manipulate plastic manipulate wood mark designs on metal pieces operate plastic machinery operate wood sawing equipment repair metal sheets repair plastic machinery sand wood sell toys and games set up the controller of a machine stain wood metal smoothing technologies types of plastic types of wood

Also known as

maquettemaker maquettemaakster modelbouwer