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

  • Die Cast Technician
  • Die Caster
  • Die Casting Machine Setter
  • Die Casting Machine Operator
  • Die Maintenance Tech
  • Die Maintenance Technician
  • Diecast Machine Operator
  • Setter
  • Casting Machine Set-Up Operator
  • Compression Molding Machine Setter
  • Coremaking Machine Setter
  • Injection Molding Machine Setter
  • Lead Die Molder
  • Mold Setter
  • Molding Machine Setter
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Connect water hoses to cooling systems of dies, using hand tools.
  • Install dies onto machines or presses and coat dies with parting agents, according to work order specifications.
  • Operate hoists to position dies or patterns on foundry floors.
  • Preheat tools, dies, plastic materials, or patterns, using blowtorches or other equipment.
  • Read specifications, blueprints, and work orders to determine setups, temperatures, and time settings required to mold, form, or cast plastic materials, as well as to plan production sequences.
  • Remove finished or cured products from dies or molds, using hand tools, air hoses, and other equipment, stamping identifying information on products when necessary.
  • Remove parts, such as dies, from machines after production runs are finished.
  • Turn valves and dials of machines to regulate pressure, temperature, and speed and feed rates, and to set cycle times.

  • Set equipment guides, stops, spacers, or other fixtures.