Molding and Casting Workers

Perform a variety of duties such as mixing materials, assembling mold parts, filling molds, and stacking molds to mold and cast a wide range of products.

Job Task

• Measures and cuts product to specified dimensions, using measuring and cutting instruments.
• Aligns and assembles parts to produce completed product, using gauges and hand tools.
• Inspects and tests parts or products for defects and to verify accuracy and adherence to standards.
• Fastens metal inserts, such as drainage tubes, bolts, or electrical connections to product, using hand tools and power tools.
• Cleans, trims, smoothes, and polishes products or parts.
• Cleans and lubricates mold and mold parts.
• Engraves or stamps identifying symbols, letters or numbers on product.
• Fills mold with mixed material or applies material to mold to specified thickness.
• Molds parts or products using vibrator, handpress, or casting equipment and taps or tilts mold to ensure uniformity.
• Operates and adjusts controls of heating equipment to melt material or to cure, dry or bake filled molds according to specifications.
• Opens mold and removes finished products.
• Measures ingredients and mixes molding or casting material or sealing compound, to prescribed consistency according to formula.
• Assembles, inserts and adjusts wires, tubes, cores, fittings, rods, or patterns into mold, using hand tools and depth gauge.
• Removes excess material and levels and smoothes wet mold mixture.
• Loads or stacks filled molds in oven, drier, or curing box, or on storage racks or carts.
• Reads work order or examines part to determine part or section of product to be produced.
• Selects size and type of mold according to instructions.
• Installs and secures mold or mold parts together.
• Brushes or sprays surface of mold with parting agent or inserts paper to ensure smoothness and prevent sticking or seepage.

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