Industrial tool design engineers design various industrial tools in accordance with customer needs, manufacturing requirements, and building specifications. They test the designs, look for solutions to any problems, and oversee production.
ISCO skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. It is measured on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 the lowest level and 4 the highest, by considering:
the nature of the work performed in an occupation in relation to the characteristic tasks and duties
the level of formal education required for competent performance of the tasks and duties involved and
the amount of informal on-the-job training and/or previous experience in a related occupation required for competent performance of these tasks and duties.
Industrial tool design engineer is a Skill level 4 occupation.
These occupations require some skills and knowledge of industrial tool design engineer. They also require other skills and knowledge, but at a higher ISCO skill level, meaning these occupations are accessible from a position of industrial tool design engineer with a significant experience and/or extensive training.
This knowledge should be acquired through learning to fulfill the role of industrial tool design engineer.
Production processes: Materials and techniques required in the production and distribution processes. Manufacturing processes: The steps required through which a material is transformed into a product, its development and full-scale manufacturing. Design drawings: Understand design drawings detailing the design of products, tools, and engineering systems. Mathematics: Mathematics is the study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change. It involves the identification of patterns and formulating new conjectures based on them. Mathematicians strive to prove the truth or falsity of these conjectures. There are many fields of mathematics, some of which are widely used for practical applications. Technical drawings: Drawing software and the various symbols, perspectives, units of measurement, notation systems, visual styles and page layouts used in technical drawings. Mechanical engineering: Discipline that applies principles of physics, engineering and materials science to design, analyse, manufacture and maintain mechanical systems. Industrial tools: The tools and equipment used for industrial purposes, both power and hand tools, and their various uses. Industrial engineering: The field of engineering concerned with the development, improvement, and implementation of complex processes and systems of knowledge, people, equipment, etc. Cad software: The computer-aided design (CAD) software for creating, modifying, analysing or optimising a design. Mechanics: Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.
These skills are necessary for the role of industrial tool design engineer.
Create solutions to problems: Solve problems which arise in planning, prioritising, organising, directing/facilitating action and evaluating performance. Use systematic processes of collecting, analysing, and synthesising information to evaluate current practice and generate new understandings about practice. Provide technical documentation: Prepare documentation for existing and upcoming products or services, describing their functionality and composition in such a way that it is understandable for a wide audience without technical background and compliant with defined requirements and standards. Keep documentation up to date. Troubleshoot: Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly. Use specialised design software: Developing new designs mastering specialised software. Adjust engineering designs: Adjust designs of products or parts of products so that they meet requirements. Perform scientific research: Gain, correct or improve knowledge about phenomena by using scientific methods and techniques, based on empirical or measurable observations. Use technical drawing software: Create technical designs and technical drawings using specialised software. Identify customer’s needs: Use appropriate questions and active listening in order to identify customer expectations, desires and requirements according to product and services. Inspect industrial equipment: Inspect equipment used during industrial activities such as manufacturing or construction equipment in order to ensure that the equipment complies with health, safety, and environmental legislation. Read engineering drawings: Read the technical drawings of a product made by the engineer in order to suggest improvements, make models of the product or operate it. Use cad software: Use computer-aided design (CAD) systems to assist in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimisation of a design. Design prototypes: Design prototypes of products or components of products by applying design and engineering principles. Execute feasibility study: Perform the evaluation and assessment of the potential of a project, plan, proposition or new idea. Realise a standardised study which is based on extensive investigation and research to support the process of decision making. Approve engineering design: Give consent to the finished engineering design to go over to the actual manufacturing and assembly of the product.
This knowledge is sometimes, but not always, required for the role of industrial tool design engineer. However, mastering this knowledge allows you to have more opportunities for career development.
Engineering principles: The engineering elements like functionality, replicability, and costs in relation to the design and how they are applied in the completion of engineering projects. Material mechanics: The behaviour of solid objects when subjected to stresses and strains, and the methods to calculate these stresses and strains. Engineering processes: The systematic approach to the development and maintenance of engineering systems. Reverse engineering: The process of extracting knowledge or design information from anything man-made and reproducing it or anything else based on the extracted information. The process often involves disassembling something and analysing its components and workings in detail. 3d modelling: The process of developing a mathematical representation of any three-dimensional surface of an object via specialised software. The product is called a 3D model. It can be displayed as a two-dimensional image through a process called 3D rendering or used in a computer simulation of physical phenomena. The model can also be physically created using 3D printing devices.
These skills and competences are sometimes, but not always, required for the role of industrial tool design engineer. However, mastering these skills and competences allows you to have more opportunities for career development.
Manage supplies: Monitor and control the flow of supplies that includes the purchase, storage and movement of the required quality of raw materials, and also work-in-progress inventory. Manage supply chain activities and synchronise supply with demand of production and customer. Use a computer: Utilise computer equipment or digital devices to facilitate quality control, data management, and communication. Follow instructions given by a computer programme, create computer files or documents. Advise on safety improvements: Provide relevant recommendations following the conclusion of an investigation; ensure that recommendations are duly considered and where appropriate acted upon. Use computer-aided engineering systems: Use computer-aided engineering software to conduct stress analyses on engineering designs. Maintain industrial equipment: Perform routine maintenance on industrial machinery and equipment to ensure that it is clean and in safe, working order. Provide cost benefit analysis reports: Prepare, compile and communicate reports with broken down cost analysis on the proposal and budget plans of the company. Analyse the financial or social costs and benefits of a project or investment in advance over a given period of time. Create a product’s virtual model: Create a mathematical or three-dimensional computer graphic model of the product by using a CAE system or a calculator. Determine production capacity: Determine how many parts or tools can be manufactured by one machine during one production cycle. Build a product’s physical model: Build a model of the product out of wood, clay or other materials by using hand or electrical tools. Plan manufacturing processes: Determine and schedule production and assembly steps. Plan manpower and equipment needs taking ergonomic considerations into account. Provide advice to technicians: Offer help and advice to service technicians in case of machine malfunctions and other repair tasks. Monitor production developments: Monitor parameters to keep an eye on the production, developments and costs within your area of control. Determine production feasibility: Determine if a product or its components can be produced by applying engineering principles. Estimate duration of work: Produce accurate calculations on time necessary to fulfil future technical tasks based on past and present information and observations or plan the estimated duration of individual tasks in a given project.
