Toolmakers and Engineering Patternmakers
VET / TAFE Moderate growth · ANZSCO skill level 3 · occupation 3234
Toolmakers and Engineering Patternmakers make and repair tools, dies, jigs, fixtures and other precision parts and equipment to fine tolerances for machine tools and other production machinery, and construct full-size engineering, visual and experimental models and models for the manufacture of prototype developmental products.
How do you get there?
Highest qualification held by people in this job: 4.7% university · 75.9% vet / tafe · 14.9% school / entry (ABS Census via JSA).
Where these jobs are
VIC 42% · NSW 26.6% · QLD 11.1% · WA 5.9% · SA 5.2% · TAS 3.1% · NT 3% · ACT 3%
Top industries
Manufacturing · Retail Trade.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation profiles (Feb 2026) + Employment Projections (May 2025–2035). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Figures are national estimates.