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.
| Manufacturing | 330 | $20.56/hr |
| Professional and Business Services | 20 | $19.88/hr |
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Helpers--Production Workers
| 4,870 | $18.65/hr | -3.7% |
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Tire Builders
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
| 10,780 | $25.03/hr | 7.7% |
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Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 410 | $22.98/hr | -1.6% |
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Machine Feeders and Offbearers
| 560 | $22.76/hr | 2.5% |
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Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
| 690 | $19.05/hr | 35.6% |
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Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 420 | $24.21/hr | -1.7% |
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Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
| 140 | $23.08/hr | -11.4% |
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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
| 53,370 | $19.92/hr | 6.5% |
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Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 2,190 | $20.61/hr | -8.6% |
- 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.