Metal moulders and coremakers

Duties and tasks

• Making moulds by hand or using auxiliary machines on a bench for small metal castings, on the foundry floor, or in a pit for large castings
• Making cores for use in metal moulds
• Cleaning and smoothing moulds, core boxes, and repairing surface imperfections
• Moving and positioning work pieces such as mould sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signalling others to move work pieces
• Positioning patterns inside mould sections and clamping sections together
• Cutting spouts, runner holes and sprue holes into moulds
• Lifting upper mould sections from lower sections and remove moulded patterns