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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Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
| 140 | $24.70/hr | -16.7% |
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Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
| N/A | $25.08/hr | 1.4% |
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Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 360 | $28.26/hr | -4.6% |
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Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 580 | $28.42/hr | -4.6% |
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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
| 9,420 | $28.71/hr | 6.1% |
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Machine Feeders and Offbearers
| 400 | $24.18/hr | 1.7% |
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Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
| 7,700 | $21.12/hr | 5.4% |
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Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
| N/A | $27.11/hr | 2.6% |
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Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,480 | $25.15/hr | 3.5% |
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Helpers--Production Workers
| 3,040 | $20.65/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.