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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Central Minnesota
| 50 | 12 | $23.38/hr | $15.52/hr | $19.45/hr | $24.41/hr | $24.41/hr | $25.23/hr |
| Manufacturing | 480 | $22.98/hr |
| Professional and Business Services | 10 | $19.10/hr |
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Helpers--Production Workers
| 4,430 | $15.29/hr | -3.7% |
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Tire Builders
| 20 | $19.08/hr | N/A |
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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
| 10,120 | $24.65/hr | 7.7% |
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Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 640 | $24.39/hr | -1.6% |
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Machine Feeders and Offbearers
| 760 | $22.45/hr | 2.5% |
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Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
| 470 | $23.09/hr | 35.6% |
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Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 300 | $25.36/hr | -1.7% |
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Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
| 140 | $19.49/hr | -11.4% |
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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
| 44,640 | $19.46/hr | 6.5% |
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Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,950 | $24.34/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.