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Career Guidance Skills handling and moving S6.6 - making moulds, casts, models and patterns S6.6.1 - making production moulds and casts Prevent casting adhesion
Description
Prevent the casting sticking to the moulds by brushing the mould with oil, hot wax or graphite solution, according to the specification of each casting components.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 3 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 4 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Hand brick moulderHand brick moulders create unique bricks, pipes, and other heat-resistant products using hand moulding tools. They create moulds according to specifications, clean and oil them, in…
- Precast moulderPrecast moulders handcast decorative and structural concrete building products such as fireplace units, blocks or coloured tiles. They use a portable concrete-mixing machine. Dutie…
- Glass forming machine operatorGlass forming machine operators operate and maintain machines that press or blow molten glass in moulds to form or shape products, such as neons, bottles, jars and drinking glasses…
Optional for
- Fibreglass machine operatorFibreglass machine operators control and maintain the machine that sprays a mix of resin and glass fibers onto products such as bathtubs or boat hulls to obtain strong and…
Related skills
- Maintain moulds
- Maintain equipment
- Keep records of work progress
- Inspect quality of products
- Form moulding mixture
- Perform test run
- Monitor end-product drying process
- Construct moulds
- Set up the controller of a machine
- Ensure mould uniformity
- Various types of sand
- Wear appropriate protective gear
Last updated on February 19, 2026
