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 | 380 | $24.36/hr |
| Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
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Helpers--Production Workers
| 3,040 | $20.65/hr | -6.3% |
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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
| 9,420 | $28.71/hr | 6.1% |
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Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 360 | $28.26/hr | -4.6% |
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Machine Feeders and Offbearers
| 400 | $24.18/hr | 1.7% |
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Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
| 730 | $22.04/hr | 5.7% |
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Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 150 | $28.26/hr | -6.0% |
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Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
| 140 | $24.70/hr | -16.7% |
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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
| 56,030 | $22.13/hr | 6.7% |
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Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,950 | $27.26/hr | -5.6% |
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Pourers and Casters, Metal
| 20 | $24.54/hr | -2.0% |
- 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.