How do they match: Foundry Mold and Coremakers

  • Foundry Mold and Coremakers

  • Machine Operator
  • Core Setter
  • Core Machine Operator
  • Core Oven Tender
  • Foundry Tender
  • Foundry Mold Assembly and Shake Out Worker
  • Mold Operator
  • Mold Tooling Tech
  • Mold Tooling Technician
  • Sand Cutter Operator

  • Make or form wax or sand cores or molds used in the production of metal castings in foundries.

  • Tend machines that bond cope and drag together to form completed shell molds.
  • Operate ovens or furnaces to bake cores or to melt, skim, and flux metal.
  • Form and assemble slab cores around patterns, and position wire in mold sections to reinforce molds, using hand tools and glue.
  • Pour molten metal into molds, manually or with crane ladles.
  • Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.

  • Operate heating or drying equipment.
  • Smooth metal surfaces or edges.