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Pourers and Casters, Metal: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots.
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This source lists 16 tasks, including 9 marked Core and 7 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2024.
16 tasks shown
Core · Task 12007 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds and forms to produce ingots or other castings, using ladles or hand-controlled mechanisms.
Core · Task 12008 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Read temperature gauges and observe color changes, adjusting furnace flames, torches, or electrical heating units as necessary to melt metal to specifications.
Core · Task 12016 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Remove solidified steel or slag from pouring nozzles, using long bars or oxygen burners.
Core · Task 12009 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Examine molds to ensure they are clean, smooth, and properly coated.
Core · Task 12006 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Collect samples, or signal workers to sample metal for analysis.
Core · Task 12015 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Load specified amounts of metal and flux into furnaces or clay crucibles.
Core · Task 12010 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Position equipment such as ladles, grinding wheels, pouring nozzles, or crucibles, or signal other workers to position equipment.
Core · Task 12011 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Skim slag or remove excess metal from ingots or equipment, using hand tools, strainers, rakes, or burners, collecting scrap for recycling.
Core · Task 12019 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Transport metal ingots to storage areas, using forklifts.
Supplemental · Task 12017 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Assemble and embed cores in casting frames, using hand tools and equipment.
Supplemental · Task 12012 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Turn valves to circulate water through cores, or spray water on filled molds to cool and solidify metal.
Supplemental · Task 12014 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Pull levers to lift ladle stoppers and to allow molten steel to flow into ingot molds to specified heights.
Supplemental · Task 12018 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Remove metal ingots or cores from molds, using hand tools, cranes, and chain hoists.
Supplemental · Task 12021 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Repair and maintain metal forms and equipment, using hand tools, sledges, and bars.
Supplemental · Task 12013 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Add metal to molds to compensate for shrinkage.
Supplemental · Task 12020 · 08/2024 · Incumbent
Stencil identifying information on ingots and pigs, using special hand tools.
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