Metal moulders and coremakers make moulds and cores for casting metal.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
Check your Wage
- The majority of Metal moulders and coremakers earn a salary between PK 16,437 and PK 91,038 per month in 2024.
- A monthly wage for entry-level Metal moulders and coremakers ranges from PK 16,437 to PK 43,770.
- After gaining 5 years of work experience, their income will be between PK 17,291 and PK 54,928 per month.
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