recreation model maker
Recreation model makers design and construct recreation scale models from various materials such as plastic, wood, wax and metals, mostly by hand.
recreation model maker recreation model makers design and construct recreation scale models from various materials such as plastic, wood, wax and metals, mostly by hand. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include toys and games industry, similitude, toys and games safety recommendations, CAD software, toys and games trends.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £33,078 a year for Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 5442). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Craft and related trades workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only recreation model maker, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 7. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Production and Processing
- Design
- Building and Construction
- Engineering and Technology
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
- Mechanical
- English Language
What you'd actually do
- Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications, and consult with designers to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups.
- Fit, fasten, and assemble wood parts together to form patterns, models, or sections, using glue, nails, dowels, bolts, screws, and other fasteners.
- Verify dimensions and contours of models during hand-forming processes, using templates and measuring devices.
- Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces, and plane, shave, file, scrape, and sand models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools.
- Plan, lay out, and draw outlines of units, sectional patterns, or full-scale mock-ups of products.
- Construct wooden models, patterns, templates, full scale mock-ups, and molds for parts of products and production tools.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does recreation model maker do?
Recreation model makers design and construct recreation scale models from various materials such as plastic, wood, wax and metals, mostly by hand.
What skills does recreation model maker need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include toys and games industry, similitude, toys and games safety recommendations, CAD software, toys and games trends, perform toys finishing. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace recreation model maker?
Our AI-durability model gives recreation model maker a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.