A professional who molds and assembles plastic tools, such as gauges, jigs, templates, and fixtures, following blueprints. Respnsibilities include:

• Spreads layers of glass cloth on molds or forms and brushes each layer with plastic to build plastic tool following configuration of mold.
• Pries cured plastic tool from mold with prying tool.
• Calculates, from blueprints, location of guide and reference lines and holes for tools.
• Measures and marks location of lines and holes on tools, using calipers, micrometers, and protractors.
• Drills holes in tools, using drill press, and forces bushings into holes, using arbor press or hammer.
• Assembles tools by laminating them with glass cloth and resin.
• Verifies alignment and dimensions of assembly, using calipers, height gauges, gram scale, and sight level.
• Trims excess material from tool parts with power grinder.
• Fills space between adjoining parts with plastic.
• May build wood frame to support and maintain alignment of complex tools, using carpenter's handtools.
• May laminate tools to frame.