How do they match: Pourers and Casters, Metal

  • Pourers and Casters, Metal

  • Metal Handler
  • Operator
  • Buggy Ladle Tender
  • Bull Ladle Tender
  • Casting Machine Operator
  • Casting Operator
  • Die Cast Machine Operator
  • Die Cast Operator
  • Die Casting Machine Operator
  • Furnace Operator
  • Ladle Operator
  • Ladle Car Operator
  • White Metal Caster

  • 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.
  • Assemble and embed cores in casting frames, using hand tools and equipment.
  • Collect samples, or signal workers to sample metal for analysis.
  • Load specified amounts of metal and flux into furnaces or clay crucibles.
  • Pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds and forms to produce ingots or other castings, using ladles or hand-controlled mechanisms.
  • Read temperature gauges and observe color changes, adjusting furnace flames, torches, or electrical heating units as necessary to melt metal to specifications.
  • Remove metal ingots or cores from molds, using hand tools, cranes, and chain hoists.
  • Repair and maintain metal forms and equipment, using hand tools, sledges, and bars.
  • Skim slag or remove excess metal from ingots or equipment, using hand tools, strainers, rakes, or burners, collecting scrap for recycling.
  • Stencil identifying information on ingots and pigs, using special hand tools.
  • Transport metal ingots to storage areas, using forklifts.
  • Turn valves to circulate water through cores, or spray water on filled molds to cool and solidify metal.

  • Operate forklifts or other loaders.
  • Assemble mechanical components or machine parts.
  • Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
  • Skim impurities from molten metal.