PSOC Unit group 7211 — Metal molders and coremakers

Metal molders and coremakers make molds and cores for casting metal. Their tasks include: a) making molds by hand or using auxiliary machines on a bench for small metal castings, on the foundry floor, or in a pit for large castings; b) making cores for use in metal molds; c) cleaning and smoothing molds, core boxes, and repairing surface imperfections; d) moving and positioning work pieces such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signaling others to move work pieces; e) positioning patterns inside mold sections and clamping sections together; f) cutting spouts, runner holes and sprue holes into molds; g) lifting upper mold sections from lower sections and remove molded patterns. Examples of the occupations classified here: Bench molder*, Filler metal molder, Floor and fit molder*, Hand coremaker, Machine coremaker, Machine molder, Metal castings molder

Use this unit group when the occupation wording needs to sit under Sheet and structural metal workers, molders and welders, and related workers.

Use this node when the job title is more specific than the broader Sheet and structural metal workers, molders and welders, and related workers grouping.