How do they match: Pourers and Casters, Metal

  • Mold Maker
  • Casting Operator
  • Casting Machine Operator
  • Die Cast Operator
  • Furnace Operator
  • Ladle Operator
  • Ladle Car Operator

  • Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots.

  • Add metal to molds to compensate for shrinkage.
  • Examine molds to ensure they are clean, smooth, and properly coated.
  • Pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds and forms to produce ingots or other castings, using ladles or hand-controlled mechanisms.
  • Pull levers to lift ladle stoppers and to allow molten steel to flow into ingot molds to specified heights.
  • Remove metal ingots or cores from molds, using hand tools, cranes, and chain hoists.
  • Turn valves to circulate water through cores, or spray water on filled molds to cool and solidify metal.

  • Operate forklifts or other loaders.
  • Apply parting agents or other solutions to molds.
  • Place materials into molds.
  • Remove workpieces from molds.
  • Repair templates, patterns, or molds.