Tool liaison vs tool designer

The differences between tool liaisons and tool designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a tool liaison, becoming a tool designer takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a tool liaison has an average salary of $83,524, which is higher than the $64,763 average annual salary of a tool designer.

The top three skills for a tool liaison include jigs, CATIA and design requests. The most important skills for a tool designer are jigs, assembly fixtures, and aerospace.

Tool liaison vs tool designer overview

	Tool Liaison	Tool Designer
Yearly salary	$83,524	$64,763
Hourly rate	$40.16	$31.14
Growth rate	10%	1%
Number of jobs	13,025	51,666
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Associate Degree, 48%
Average age	42	54
Years of experience	4	6

Tool liaison vs tool designer salary

Tool liaisons and tool designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Tool Liaison	Tool Designer
Average salary	$83,524	$64,763
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $163,000	Between $47,000 And $87,000
Highest paying City	-	San Jose, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Entegris
Best paying industry	-	Automotive

Differences between tool liaison and tool designer education

There are a few differences between a tool liaison and a tool designer in terms of educational background:

	Tool Liaison	Tool Designer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Associate Degree, 48%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Drafting And Design
Most common college	Northwestern University	-

Tool liaison vs tool designer demographics

Here are the differences between tool liaisons' and tool designers' demographics:

	Tool Liaison	Tool Designer
Average age	42	54
Gender ratio	Male, 89.2% Female, 10.8%	Male, 92.9% Female, 7.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.9% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 9.6% White, 69.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 2.5% Unknown, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 6.6% Asian, 2.7% White, 84.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	4%	3%

Differences between tool liaison and tool designer duties and responsibilities

Tool liaison example responsibilities.

Apply for and achieve ISO certification.
Manage implementation of these solutions with hangar managers, inspectors, technicians, vendors, and OEM's.
Review changes and issues utilizing CATIA and VPM.
Design work are produced both on paper and on CATIA V4.
Collaborate with CMM equipment in the inspection of inventory shipments, ensuring all materials comply with government quality requirements and specifications.
Perform some QA inspections with raw sheet material for customer qualifications and cost saving projects.

Tool designer example responsibilities.

Manage customer contacts, lead, design, sketch and model Saab environmental test fixtures using Unigraphics V18.
Tune and correct extrusion tools to achieve dimensional tolerances, finish and function of products to internal and external customer specifications.
Used drill press, surface grinders, vertical mills, lathes, & NC control mills.
Train on Unigraphics version NX 7.5 Mold layout and design for plastic injection molds to make automotive lighting components.
Design automated production assembly jigs and fixtures for medical devices.
Design transfer, progressive, and blank dies for niche market OEM's.

Tool liaison vs tool designer skills

Common tool liaison skills

Jigs, 56%
CATIA, 29%
Design Requests, 16%

Common tool designer skills

Jigs, 10%
Assembly Fixtures, 8%
Aerospace, 6%
CNC, 5%
NX, 5%
GD, 4%