Machinist and Toolmaker

Did you Know?
   
• Entry level toolmakers can average $30,000 a year during a four-year training program.
• Experienced precision metalworkers earnings range from $40,000 to $70,000 annually.
• The U.S. Government projects 3 job openings for every new certified precision metalworker through 2005.
• Precision machining provides a practical basis for an engineering or business degree.
• The gloomy rooms and greasy machines are of the past and are replaced with computers and high technology.
• Many toolmakers eventually own their own shops.