NOC 94101 — Foundry workers

TEER 4 · Labour (on-the-job training) · Not eligible for Express Entry (CEC/FSWP)

Foundry workers make foundry moulds and cores by hand or machine, cast molten metal, and operate furnaces in the foundry industry. They are employed by metal foundries and foundry departments of metal products manufacturing companies.

Main duties

Foundry workers

Make and repair sand moulds using patterns, moulding boxes, sand and hand tools following bench, floor or pit moulding methods
Operate ovens to dry moulds
Make cores for use inside moulds to form holes or void spaces in castings using core boxes, sand, hammer and wire or other reinforcing material
Coat cores with protective materials and bake cores in oven
Set up, adjust and operate various mouldmaking and coremaking machines to make sand and ceramics moulds and cores
May pour molten metal into moulds to produce metal castings.

Metal casters

Set up and operate various casting machines to cast ferrous and non-ferrous metal products; hand ladle and pour molten metal into moulds to produce castings.

Foundry furnace operators

Operate furnaces used to melt metals for moulding and casting.

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