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name: tooling-engineer
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'tooling engineer' (also: tooling engineering expert, toolmaker/tooling engineer, manufacturing tooling engineer, tooling technology engineering adviser, tooling development engineer, tooling engineering specialist). Use when the user asks for typical tooling engineer work such as: typical tooling engineer responsibilities"
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# Tooling Engineer

Tooling engineers design new tools for manufacturing equipment. They prepare tooling quotation requests. They estimate costs and delivery time, manage tooling construction follow-up and supervise the routine maintenance of tools. They also analyse data to determine the cause of major tooling difficulties and develop recommendations and action plans for solutions.

## Core workflow


## How to use this skill

- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).

## Key competences (essential)

- adjust engineering designs
- approve engineering design
- build a product's physical model
- CAD software
- CAE software
- create a product's virtual model
- determine production feasibility
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- estimate duration of work
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- ICT software specifications
- industrial engineering
- manufacturing processes
- mathematics

## Hot technologies

- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Autodesk Revit
- Bentley MicroStation
- C++
- Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint


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## Hot technologies

Top tools from 36 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-20):

- SolidWorks — 28 %
- AutoCAD — 19 %
- CATIA — 14 %
- Creo — 11 %
- Catia V5 — 8 %
- NX — 8 %
- Windchill — 8 %

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/79fed799-ab3a-43d9-bd91-414c2c3b2f57), O*NET 30.3 (17-3027.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*