Requirements for mold designers: 1. Level 3 mold designer (mold assistant engineer) (one who meets one of the following conditions) (1) A technical school or technician college that aims at cultivating advanced skills and a diploma from a vocational and technical college in this major or related majors. (2) Have a college degree or above in this major or related majors. (3) Have a college diploma or above in other majors, have been working in this profession continuously for more than one year, have received formal training as a third-level mold designer for the required standard hours, and obtained a completion certificate. 2. Second-level mold designer (intermediate mold engineer) (one who meets one of the following conditions) (1) After obtaining the third-level mold designer professional qualification certificate, work in this profession continuously for more than 2 years. (2) After obtaining the third-level mold designer professional qualification certificate, work in this profession continuously for more than 2 years, receive the required standard hours of formal training as a second-level mold designer, and obtain a completion certificate. (4) Have an undergraduate degree certificate in this major or a related major, and have been working in this profession for more than 3 years after obtaining the third-level mold designer professional qualification certificate. (5) After obtaining a master's degree or above, work in this profession continuously for more than 2 years. 3. First-level mold designers (senior mold engineers) (those who meet one of the following conditions): (1) Those who have passed the mold engineer qualification certification; (2) Those who have a graduate degree or above or equivalent academic qualifications and have been engaged in related work for more than one year; (3) ) Those with a bachelor's degree or above or equivalent academic qualifications and have been engaged in relevant work for more than two years; (4) Those with a college degree or above or equivalent academic qualifications and have been engaged in relevant work for more than three years. Training materials 1. "Detailed List of Mold Designer Identification Elements (Level 3)" (Jiangsu Provincial Vocational Skills Appraisal Center) 2. Plastic mold direction: (1) Weng Qijin, Plastic Molding Technology, Beijing: Machinery Industry Press , 2007; (2) Guo Tieliang, Mold Manufacturing Technology, Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2002; (3) Ni Sensheng, Mechanical Manufacturing Technology and Equipment [M], Beijing: Chemical Industry Press, 2002; (4) ) Peng Jiansheng, Qin Xiaogang, Q&A on Mold Technology, Beijing: Machinery Industry Press, 1998. 3. Cold stamping die direction: (1) Weng Qijin, Cold Stamping Technology [M], Beijing: Machinery Industry Press, 2000; (2) Guo Tieliang, Mold Manufacturing Technology [M], Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2002; (3) Stamping manual writing group, Die Design Manual [K], Beijing, Machinery Industry Press, 2002; (4) Luo Xiaoxia, Mold Fitter Technology [M], Beijing: China Labor and Social Security Press, 2008. The entry threshold for mold designers is not high. A college degree or above is generally required. Generally, it is mechanical science students who engage in this profession. They must have mechanical drawing abilities, be able to use computers proficiently, and master drawing software, among which they must be familiar with at least one two-dimensional software and one three-dimensional software.