Foundry Operator

The Foundry Operator assists other workers in foundry concerned with melting metal, pouring metal into molds, removing castings from molds, and dressing castings by performing the following duties.

Starting pay -$20.50 / Hour

  Moves sand, castings, flasks, or other materials about foundry.
•    Assembles flasks.
•    Waters and mixes sand, shovels sand into flask, and compacts sand into flasks.
•    Sprays binder on surface of sand molds and dries surface with blowtorch.
•    Fits together, clamps, and unclamps cope and drag on production line.
•    Weighs out specified amounts of materials for furnace charge and loads charge into melting furnace.
•    Skims slag from surface of molten metal.
•    Carries or pushes ladles of molten metal on monorail and pours metal into molds.
•    Installs and removes steel clamps used to hold steel flasks together.   
•    Breaks sand mold from finished casting.
•    Sorts castings into pairs or groups for assembly.
•    Cleans castings, patterns, and flasks.
•    Removes gates, sprues, and other projections from castings with sledge, pneumatic hammer, or power hacksaw.
•    Breaks up slag and shovels it into buckets for removal to dump.
•    Chips out crucibles and ladle linings.
•    Prepares plaster and refines ladle.
•    Sweeps and cleans work areas.