FOUNDRY B - Entry Level in Foundry
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following :
- Dumping molds, lifting castings, weights and flasks.
- Keeping alloys separated
- Cut-off - remove sand from cast mold by use of a hammer.
- Clean sand out of a completed bin by use of a shovel.
- Operate grinders and saws in Foundry
- Operate wheelabrators to tumble, wheelabrate, or vibrate with prescribed speeds and time cycles, using timers or other specified means as instructed to clean, deburn, burnish, work harden and finish a variety of castings and parts following prescribed methods and established routines.
- Sometimes requires shoveling castings into equipment.
- Use hoists and slings, automatic and manual equipment, shovels, or other equipment to load and unload.
- Move and position tote pans or other containers as required
- Use correct type and amount or water, detergent, stove, chemicals, or any other media, as specified in the proper sequence, as instructed or required. Load and unload as specified.
- Use correct processes and machinery if necessary for coremaking function such as core scraping, core painting, operating muller,core blow machine, and core and mold ovens.
- Make minor adjustments to equipment and clean inside and outside as necessary.
- Maintain records and reports as required.
- Maintain an acceptable level of quantity and quality as specified.
- Report any discrepancies, unusual operating conditions, or difficulties, to immediate supervisor.
- Observe good housekeeping practices and prescribed safety precautions.
- Responsible for keeping an orderly storage area for all materials used, segregating stone and other media by size and type.
- Perform other similar or associated duties as required or assigned.
- Pay rate starts at $20.36
