Occupational Employment Statistics
51-4071 Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Make or form wax or sand cores or molds used in the production of metal castings in foundries.
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Minnesota
| 190 | 29 | $24.05/hr | $20.82/hr | $21.86/hr | $23.73/hr | $23.88/hr | $24.37/hr |
| Manufacturing | 180 | $23.73/hr |
| Professional and Business Services | 10 | $20.82/hr |
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Helpers--Production Workers
| 3,150 | $19.57/hr | -6.3% |
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Tire Builders
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
| 9,670 | $27.54/hr | 6.1% |
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Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 400 | $28.07/hr | -4.6% |
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Machine Feeders and Offbearers
| 430 | $22.96/hr | 1.7% |
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Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
| 480 | $22.13/hr | 5.7% |
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Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 260 | $22.58/hr | -6.0% |
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Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
| 100 | $24.04/hr | -16.7% |
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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
| 54,740 | $22.28/hr | 6.7% |
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Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 2,280 | $24.85/hr | -5.6% |
- Rotate sweep boards around spindles to make symmetrical molds for convex impressions.
- Lift upper mold sections from lower sections, and remove molded patterns.
- Operate ovens or furnaces to bake cores or to melt, skim, and flux metal.
- Pour molten metal into molds, manually or with crane ladles.
- Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.
- Position patterns inside mold sections, and clamp sections together.
- Sprinkle or spray parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to facilitate removal of patterns from molds.
- Cut spouts, runner holes, and sprue holes into molds.
- Tend machines that bond cope and drag together to form completed shell molds.
- Position cores into lower sections of molds, and reassemble molds for pouring.