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Job Description
Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-4052.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 37,300.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 17.00
- Currently, there are 8,560 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Pourers and Casters, Metal”.
Also Known As…
- Pourers and Casters, Metal
- Metal Handler
- Melter - Caster
- Iron Pourer
- General Foundry Worker
- Furnace Operator
- Direct Chill Caster (DC Caster)
- Die Cast Operator (DCO)
- Casting Machine Operator
- Caster Operator
- Caster
- White Metal Caster
- Tin Pourer
- Third Steel Pourer
- Steel Pourer
- Pourer Off
- Pourer
- Molten Iron Pourer
- Mold Maker
- Melter
- Lead Pourer
- Lead Caster
- Ladle Puller
- Ladle Pourer
- Ladle Operator
- Ladle Filler
- Ladle Car Operator
- Ingot Header
- Ingot Caster
- Header
- Busher
- Bull Ladle Tender
- Buggy Ladle Tender
- Brass Pourer
- Billet Header
- Aluminum Pourer
Tasks for “Ladler”
- 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.
- Turn valves to circulate water through cores, or spray water on filled molds to cool and solidify metal.
- Position equipment such as ladles, grinding wheels, pouring nozzles, or crucibles, or signal other workers to position equipment.
- Assemble and embed cores in casting frames, using hand tools and 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.
- Examine molds to ensure they are clean, smooth, and properly coated.
- Read temperature gauges and observe color changes, adjusting furnace flames, torches, or electrical heating units as necessary to melt metal to specifications.
- Load specified amounts of metal and flux into furnaces or clay crucibles.
- Transport metal ingots to storage areas, using forklifts.
- Remove solidified steel or slag from pouring nozzles, using long bars or oxygen burners.
- Collect samples, or signal workers to sample metal for analysis.
- Remove metal ingots or cores from molds, using hand tools, cranes, and chain hoists.
- Stencil identifying information on ingots and pigs, using special hand tools.
- Pull levers to lift ladle stoppers and to allow molten steel to flow into ingot molds to specified heights.
- Add metal to molds to compensate for shrinkage.
Related Technology & Tools
- Lubricant pumpers
- Automatic ladles
- Electric arc furnaces
- Power metal shears
- Electric tilt furnaces
- Hot chamber die casting machines
- Deburring tools
- Heat resistant suits
- High temperature thermometers
- Dross hoes
- Vise-grip pliers
- Wire brushes
- Cold chamber die casting machines
- Precision bench scales
- Handheld pneumatic grinders
- Open-hearth furnaces
- Hand ladles
- Hand scrapers
- Depth gauges
- Bandsaws
- Chain falls
- Jib cranes
- Automatic extractors
- Acetylene torches
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Go/no-go gauges
- Electric overhead transfer EOT cranes
- Slag scrappers
- Protective glasses
- Metal sledgehammers
- Protective ear plugs
- Wheeled forklifts
- Mallets
- Oxygen furnaces
- Lubricant reciprocators
- Foundry tongs
- Foundry molds
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Husky Injection Molding Systems Shotscope NX
- Microsoft PowerPoint