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If you like making things to exacting specifications, enjoy detail and working with metal as well as crafting with hand and power tools, consider becoming a tool and die maker. A tool and die maker’s work depends upon precise measurements and accuracy so good math skills are important. If you are interested in tool and die making, you must be able to read and interpret information from blueprints, drawings and specifications to fabricate all types of tools and dies. Being mechanically minded is a plus. Depending on where you work, this trade allows for both variety and specialization.

To be successful in the trade, tool and die makers need: The ability to work quickly, yet patiently and accurately. Mechanical ability to use tools and machines to build complex parts. Good manual dexterity and an eye” for shape and size. Good eyesight and hand/eye coordination. Ability to visualize a finished product. Logical reasoning ability. The ability to work with both metric and imperial measurements. Strong academic fundamentals in mathematics, physics, metallurgy and engineering drawings.