Supervises and coordinates the activities of Metal Casting Tradespersons.

Tasks Include:

• determines work requirements and allocates duties to Metal Casting Tradespersons
• confers with managers to coordinate activities with other organisational units
• maintains attendance records and rosters
• explains and enforces safety regulations
• oversees the work of the unit and suggests improvements and changes
• confers with workers to resolve grievances
• may perform the tasks of a Metal Casting Tradesperson, such as:
  • makes full-size section drawings on layout boards to assist in planning for construction and moulding of patterns
  • makes core boxes for sand cores, and fits and fastens parts to form patterns or sections
  • applies parting agents to patterns and positions vents to allow gases to escape
  • fills boxes with sand and packs it in place using hand ramming tools or pneumatic hammers
  • sets lower half of pattern on moulding boards and encloses with frame of lower half of moulding boxes
  • turns moulding boxes over and secures top half of pattern, and fixes top half of moulding box and repeats moulding operation
  • pours molten metal into moulds
  • separates moulding boxes, removes patterns, and trims, smooths and shapes surfaces of castings
  • repairs or rebuilds worn or broken patterns and mould surfaces
  • finishes patterns by applying shellac, lacquer, paint or other finish
  • may carry out sweep moulding by rotating templates to scrape moulds to circular shapes