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.
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN
| 20 | 7 | $23.89/hr | $18.56/hr | $18.57/hr | $23.04/hr | $29.58/hr | $29.58/hr |
Manufacturing | 40 | $24.42/hr |
Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
| 140 | $23.08/hr | -11.4% |
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
| 190 | $36.30/hr | N/A |
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 410 | $22.98/hr | -1.6% |
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 640 | $28.06/hr | 0.6% |
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
| 10,780 | $25.03/hr | 7.7% |
Machine Feeders and Offbearers
| 560 | $22.76/hr | 2.5% |
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
| 7,920 | $18.98/hr | 4.6% |
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
| 100 | $20.14/hr | -0.9% |
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,690 | $23.67/hr | 4.5% |
Helpers--Production Workers
| 4,870 | $18.65/hr | -3.7% |
- 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.