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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.5 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products S8.5.7 - operating metal, plastic or rubber forming equipment Ensure core uniformity
Description
Oversee uniformity of cores; use casting machinery and equipment and tools such as a hand press.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 2 occupations
- Total: 3 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Foundry moulderFoundry moulders manufacture cores for metal moulds, which are used to fill a space in the mould that must remain unfilled during casting. They use wood, plastic or other…
Optional for
- Moulding machine operatorMoulding machine operators operate machines that are part of the production process of moulds for the manufacturing of castings or other moulded materials. They tend the mouldmakin…
- MouldmakerMouldmakers manually create moulds for the production of metal products. They mix sand and hardening materials to obtain a specialised mixture. They then use a pattern and one or…
Related skills
- Maintain core parts
- Types of metal manufacturing processes
- Attend to detail in casting processes
- Follow manufacturing work schedule
- Mark processed workpiece
- Maintain cores
- Repair core defects
- Supervise work
- Manage time in casting processes
- Insert reinforcement in mould
- Maintain moulds
- Ensure mould uniformity
Last updated on February 18, 2026
