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Pourers and Casters, Metal - 51-4052.00

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Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots.

51-0000	Production Occupations
51-4000	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers
51-4050	Metal Furnace Operators, Tenders, Pourers, and Casters
51-4052.00	Pourers and Casters, Metal

51-4022.00	Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4023.00	Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4051.00	Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
51-4071.00	Foundry Mold and Coremakers
51-4072.00	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4191.00	Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4193.00	Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-9022.00	Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
51-9195.00	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
53-7063.00	Machine Feeders and Offbearers Bright Outlook

Add metal to molds to compensate for shrinkage.
Assemble and embed cores in casting frames, using hand tools and equipment.
Collect samples, or signal workers to sample metal for analysis.
Examine molds to ensure they are clean, smooth, and properly coated.
Load specified amounts of metal and flux into furnaces or clay crucibles.
Position equipment such as ladles, grinding wheels, pouring nozzles, or crucibles, or signal other workers to position equipment.
Pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds and forms to produce ingots or other castings, using ladles or hand-controlled mechanisms.
Pull levers to lift ladle stoppers and to allow molten steel to flow into ingot molds to specified heights.
Read temperature gauges and observe color changes, adjusting furnace flames, torches, or electrical heating units as necessary to melt metal to specifications.
Remove metal ingots or cores from molds, using hand tools, cranes, and chain hoists.
Remove solidified steel or slag from pouring nozzles, using long bars or oxygen burners.
Repair and maintain metal forms and equipment, using hand tools, sledges, and bars.
Skim slag or remove excess metal from ingots or equipment, using hand tools, strainers, rakes, or burners, collecting scrap for recycling.
Stencil identifying information on ingots and pigs, using special hand tools.
Transport metal ingots to storage areas, using forklifts.
Turn valves to circulate water through cores, or spray water on filled molds to cool and solidify metal.

Adjust equipment controls to regulate coolant flow.
Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
Apply parting agents or other solutions to molds.
Assemble mechanical components or machine parts.
Clean production equipment.
Collect samples of materials or products for testing.
Engrave designs, text, or other markings onto materials, workpieces, or products.
Inspect production equipment.
Load materials into production equipment.
Maintain production or processing equipment.
Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.
Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
Operate forklifts or other loaders.
Place materials into molds.
Remove workpieces from molds.
Repair templates, patterns, or molds.
Signal others to coordinate work activities.
Skim impurities from molten metal.
Trim excess material from workpieces.

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