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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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# Tasks & work activities — foundry moulder
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Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 51-4071.00 (Foundry Mold and Coremakers).
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## Task statements
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- **[Core]** Clean and smooth molds, cores, and core boxes, and repair surface imperfections.
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- **[Core]** Move and position workpieces, such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signal others to move workpieces.
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- **[Core]** Sprinkle or spray parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to facilitate removal of patterns from molds.
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- **[Core]** Position patterns inside mold sections, and clamp sections together.
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- **[Core]** Position cores into lower sections of molds, and reassemble molds for pouring.
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- **[Core]** Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.
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- **[Core]** Cut spouts, runner holes, and sprue holes into molds.
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- **[Core]** Lift upper mold sections from lower sections, and remove molded patterns.
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- **[Core]** Form and assemble slab cores around patterns, and position wire in mold sections to reinforce molds, using hand tools and glue.
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- **[Supplemental]** Tend machines that bond cope and drag together to form completed shell molds.
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- **[Supplemental]** Pour molten metal into molds, manually or with crane ladles.
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- **[Supplemental]** Rotate sweep boards around spindles to make symmetrical molds for convex impressions.
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- **[Supplemental]** Operate ovens or furnaces to bake cores or to melt, skim, and flux metal.
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## Detailed work activities
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- Apply parting agents or other solutions to molds.
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- Build production molds.
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- Clean production equipment.
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- Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
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- Lift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment.
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- Operate heating or drying equipment.
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- Place materials into molds.
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- Position patterns on equipment, materials, or workpieces.
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- Remove workpieces from molds.
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- Signal others to coordinate work activities.
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- Smooth metal surfaces or edges.
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