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Tasks & work activities — foundry moulder

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 51-4071.00 (Foundry Mold and Coremakers).

Task statements

• [Core] Clean and smooth molds, cores, and core boxes, and repair surface imperfections.
• [Core] Move and position workpieces, such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signal others to move workpieces.
• [Core] Sprinkle or spray parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to facilitate removal of patterns from molds.
• [Core] Position patterns inside mold sections, and clamp sections together.
• [Core] Position cores into lower sections of molds, and reassemble molds for pouring.
• [Core] Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.
• [Core] Cut spouts, runner holes, and sprue holes into molds.
• [Core] Lift upper mold sections from lower sections, and remove molded patterns.
• [Core] Form and assemble slab cores around patterns, and position wire in mold sections to reinforce molds, using hand tools and glue.
• [Supplemental] Tend machines that bond cope and drag together to form completed shell molds.
• [Supplemental] Pour molten metal into molds, manually or with crane ladles.
• [Supplemental] Rotate sweep boards around spindles to make symmetrical molds for convex impressions.
• [Supplemental] Operate ovens or furnaces to bake cores or to melt, skim, and flux metal.

Detailed work activities

• Apply parting agents or other solutions to molds.
• Build production molds.
• Clean production equipment.
• Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
• Lift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment.
• Operate heating or drying equipment.
• Place materials into molds.
• Position patterns on equipment, materials, or workpieces.
• Remove workpieces from molds.
• Signal others to coordinate work activities.
• Smooth metal surfaces or edges.