Metal moulders and coremakers make moulds and cores for casting metal.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Metal moulders and coremakers - from PK 16,437 to PK 91,038 per month - 2025.
- A Metal moulders and coremakers typically earns between PK 16,437 and PK 43,770 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between PK 17,291 and PK 54,928 per month for a working week of 48 hours.
Role Responsibilities
- Making moulds by hand or using auxiliary machines on a bench for small metal castings, on the foundry floor, or in a pit for large castings
- Making cores for use in metal moulds
- Cleaning and smoothing moulds, core boxes, and repairing surface imperfections
- Moving and positioning work pieces such as mould sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signalling others to move work pieces
- Positioning patterns inside mould sections and clamping sections together
- Cutting spouts, runner holes and sprue holes into moulds
- Lifting upper mould sections from lower sections and remove moulded patterns
