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

  • Mat Maker
  • Mat Roller

  • Inventory and record quantities of materials and finished products, requisitioning additional supplies as necessary.
  • Maintain inventories of materials.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
  • Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Place materials into molds.
  • Select production input materials.
  • Trim excess material from workpieces.