Metal Casting Trades Workers

Metal Casting Trades Workers form sand moulds and cores for the production of metal castings.

What the job involves

• Selects metal stock for job requirements

• Heats metal in forges and furnaces and hammers, punches and cuts metal using hand tools and machine presses

• Tempers and hardens finished articles by quenching in oil or water baths or by cooling gradually in air

• Cuts, trims, shapes and smoothes stock to form mould patterns

• Fills boxes with sand and sets patterns in place and pours molten metal into moulds, applying refractory paint and positioning cores in moulds