Occupational Employment Statistics
51-4052 Pourers and Casters, Metal
Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots.
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Minnesota
| 40 | 13 | $24.42/hr | $21.50/hr | $21.96/hr | $25.56/hr | $25.56/hr | $28.07/hr |
| Manufacturing | 40 | $25.56/hr |
| Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
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Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
| 100 | $24.04/hr | -16.7% |
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Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
| 120 | $42.91/hr | 1.4% |
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Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 400 | $28.07/hr | -4.6% |
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Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 790 | $28.57/hr | -4.6% |
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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
| 9,670 | $27.54/hr | 6.1% |
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Machine Feeders and Offbearers
| 430 | $22.96/hr | 1.7% |
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Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
| 7,410 | $20.44/hr | 5.4% |
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Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
| 90 | $28.68/hr | 2.6% |
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Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,760 | $23.88/hr | 3.5% |
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Helpers--Production Workers
| 3,150 | $19.57/hr | -6.3% |
- Stencil identifying information on ingots and pigs, using special hand tools.
- Assemble and embed cores in casting frames, using hand tools and equipment.
- Repair and maintain metal forms and equipment, using hand tools, sledges, and bars.
- Remove solidified steel or slag from pouring nozzles, using long bars or oxygen burners.
- Pull levers to lift ladle stoppers and to allow molten steel to flow into ingot molds to specified heights.
- Pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds and forms to produce ingots or other castings, using ladles or hand-controlled mechanisms.
- Turn valves to circulate water through cores, or spray water on filled molds to cool and solidify metal.
- Examine molds to ensure they are clean, smooth, and properly coated.
- Read temperature gauges and observe color changes, adjusting furnace flames, torches, or electrical heating units as necessary to melt metal to specifications.
- Transport metal ingots to storage areas, using forklifts.