Lay out patterns on wood stock and draw outlines of units, sectional patterns, or full-scale mock-ups of products, based on blueprint specifications and sketches, and using marking and measuring devices.

“Lay out patterns on wood stock and draw outlines of units, sectional patterns, or full-scale mock-ups of products, based on blueprint specifications and sketches, and using marking and measuring devices.” is a core task performed by Patternmakers, Wood. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 18th by importance (#3 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Position materials or components for assembly. in Handling and Moving Objects

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups. · importance 4.7
• Fit, fasten, and assemble wood parts together to form patterns, models, or sections, using glue, nails, dowels, bolts, and screws. · importance 4.5
• Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces, and plane, shave, file, scrape, and sand models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools. · importance 4.4
• Verify dimensions of completed patterns, using templates, straightedges, calipers, or protractors. · importance 4.4
• Divide patterns into sections according to shapes of castings to facilitate removal of patterns from molds. · importance 4.4
• Correct patterns to compensate for defects in castings. · importance 4.4
• Set up, operate, and adjust a variety of woodworking machines such as bandsaws and lathes to cut and shape sections, parts, and patterns, according to specifications. · importance 4.3
• Finish completed products or models with shellac, lacquer, wax, or paint. · importance 4.2
• Mark identifying information such as colors or codes on patterns, parts, and templates to indicate assembly methods. · importance 4.1
• Estimate costs for patternmaking jobs. · importance 4.1
• Repair broken or damaged patterns. · importance 4.1
• Maintain pattern records for reference. · importance 4.1
• Glue fillets along interior angles of patterns. · importance 4.0
• Construct wooden models, templates, full scale mock-ups, jigs, or molds for shaping parts of products. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Patternmakers, Wood page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Lay out patterns on wood stock and draw outlines of units, sectional patterns, or full-scale mock-ups of products, based on blueprint specifications and sketches, and using marking and measuring devices.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-12231}
}