Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out

This highly skilled trade role designs, fabricates, modifies, and repairs precision tools, dies, jigs, and fixtures, or accurately lays out engineering designs onto materials. They are crucial for enabling manufacturing processes, ensuring component accuracy, and maintaining production quality.

Key responsibilities for Tool Makers involve machining, grinding, and assembling complex tools to extremely tight tolerances. For Tool Fitters, it's about assembling, testing, and adjusting precision tools and machinery. For Markers-Out, it means transferring engineering designs onto raw materials using precise measurements and scribing tools. A core function for all is interpreting complex blueprints, working with various metals, and ensuring final products or layouts meet exact specifications.

They also collaborate closely with engineers, machinists, and production teams to solve manufacturing challenges and enhance tooling efficiency. Ultimately, they are accountable for the precision, functionality, and quality of tooling or marked components, directly contributing to high-volume and high-accuracy manufacturing.