mouldmaker
Mouldmakers manually create moulds for the production of metal products. They mix sand and hardening materials to obtain a specialised mixture. They then use a pattern and one or more cores to produce the right shape impression in this material. The shaped material is then left to set, later to be used as a mould in the production of ferrous and non-ferrous metal castings.
Also called: foundry sand moulder, moldmaker, mold maker, mould maker, hand-moulded casting worker
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- essential skills
- 17
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- hand brick moulder3 skills in common
- block machine operator2 skills in common
Optional skills
17- coordinate mouldmaking shifts
- ensure core uniformity
- ferrous metal processing
- follow manufacturing work schedule
- insert reinforcement in mould
- jewellery processes
- maintain core parts
- maintain cores
- manage time in casting processes
- manufacturing of jewellery
- mark processed workpiece
- non-ferrous metal processing
- precious metal processing
- prepare scientific reports
- repair core defects
- supervise work
- types of metal manufacturing processes
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