How do they match: Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Metal Base Blocker
  • Metal Caster
  • Metal Molder
  • Nonferrous Metal Precision Pattern and Die Caster

  • Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.

  • Clamp metal and plywood strips around dies or patterns to form molds.
  • Observe meters and gauges to verify and record temperatures, pressures, and press-cycle times.
  • Pour or load metal or sand into melting pots, furnaces, molds, or hoppers, using shovels, ladles, or machines.
  • Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.
  • Skim or pour dross, slag, or impurities from molten metal, using ladles, rakes, hoes, spatulas, or spoons.
  • Smooth and clean inner surfaces of molds, using brushes, scrapers, air hoses, or grinding wheels, and fill imperfections with refractory material.
  • Trim excess material from parts, using knives, and grind scrap plastic into powder for reuse.

  • Inspect metal, plastic, or composite products.
  • Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.
  • Skim impurities from molten metal.
  • Smooth metal surfaces or edges.