- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who forms tubs, using molds. Respnsibilities include:
* Places wooden bottom section of mold on raised assembly-line track by hand.
* Sets core in position on bottom mold section and places metal rim around base.
* Fastens end and side sections of wooden (metal lined) mold together around core and to bottom section, using clamps and bolts.
* Binds assembled mold sections together with metal band, using ratchet-lever banding device and crimping pliers.
* Mixes concrete according to standard formula.
* Dumps concrete into wheelbarrow and pushes it to prepared molds.
* Shovels wet concrete into mold and tamps concrete, using tamper.
* Pushes metal drain fitting through wet concrete against core, or places drain fitting in core before shoveling concrete into mold.
* Smooths top of concrete, using trowel.
* Disassembles mold from partially cured casting and sprays completed tub with calcimine.
* May clean and oil mold sections.
* May crate finished tubs for shipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who forms plaster molds used to shape terra cotta blocks. Respnsibilities include:
* Fills wooden form with clay and slides template over clay surface to make model of face, end, and side of block.
* Brushes oil over hardened model and mixes and pours plaster over model to make mold.
* Assembles hardened plaster molds of face, ends, and sides, and seals joints with plaster to form block mold.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who molds odd-shaped brick, pipe, and other refractory products, using hand-molding tools. Respnsibilities include:
* Kneads gobs of clay or silica mud to form molding mixture.
* Obtains specified mold from storage, or assembles molds, when necessary according to specifications.
* Brushes mold cavity with oil or hot wax to prevent casting from sticking to mold.
* Packs molding mixture into mold and tamps it with hand or automatic tamper.
* Removes excess mixture from top of mold, using wire or straightedge.
* Lifts and overturns mold on steel pallet to remove product.
* Finishes and smooths product, using hand-molding tools.
* Throws sand on casting to prevent bonding during subsequent firing.
* Stamps identifying code on product.
* Cleans and oils used molds.
* May tend pug mill that mixes clay or silica mud to form molding mixture.
* May place molds in furnace to cure.
* May stamp surface of refractory products, prior to curing, to impart specified pattern, using handtool.
* May embed heater coils wound through ceramic heaters with mud, and bake units to dry mud and be designated Embedder (elec.
* equip.).
* May be designated according to product molded as hand brick-molder; pipe-fittings molder; pot maker; shape-brick molder; hand tile-molder; or according to material used as adobe maker; soft-mud molder.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who molds pulverized marble, metallic oxides or pigment, cement, and water in specific pattern to form terrazzo tile. Respnsibilities include:
* Mixes colored marble and metallic oxides with cement and water to prepare molding mixture.
* Inserts pattern in mold and applies layer of colored mixture over surface in sections of pattern to form design of tile face.
* Removes pattern and sprinkles mixture of dry cement and sand on mold to absorb moisture.
* Fills remainder of mold with wet cement and sand to form tile backing.
* Draws straightedge across top of mold to remove excess cement.
* Places block on mold and compresses tile in hydraulic press to obtain smooth surface on tile face.
* Removes mold from press and separates tile from die.
* May coat surface of die with oil to prevent tile from adhering to die.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who casts and molds cultured marble products, such as sink basins and wall panels. Respnsibilities include:
* Calculates amount of material, such as ground marble, resin, and catalyst, needed to make products, utilizing specifications on work order.
* Weighs materials, using scales, and pours materials into mixing machine.
* Pours specified amount of material into pail, adds color, and mixes ingredients to impart color to products, using wood paddle.
* Applies wax to mold sections to facilitate separation of products from molds, using cloth.
* Assembles cast, using bolts, and attaches sink mold to cast, using clamps.
* Sprays smoothing agent on mold and cast prior to pouring material.
* Pours material from mixing machine into cast on vibrating table, and applies colored mix randomly to material to impart marble appearance to product.
* Positions sink mold on previously cast product, and applies layers of mix by hand to form sinks.
* Disassembles mold, using handtools, and places products on racks for curing.
* Trims flash from molds, using portable sander or grinding wheel.
* Polishes surfaces of products to remove blemishes, using pumice and powered polisher.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends hydraulic press that molds synthetic abrasive disks, hones, and grinding wheels. Respnsibilities include:
* Selects mold parts according to size and thickness of wheel desired, and assembles parts to form mold.
* Weighs out specified amounts of abrasive compound and adhesive or activates automatic hopper that dumps specified quantity of abrasive mix into pan, pours compound into mold on rotating turntable, and inserts bushings and hubnuts in center of mold to form wheel.
* Places top plate on mold, positions mold in press, and turns valves and levers to close press and start pressing cycle.
* Removes pressed wheels from mold and places wheels on bats (plate) for drying in kilns.
* May stamp or mark code numbers on pressed wheels.
* May mix grit, resin, and clay to form abrasive compound, using mixing machine.
* May be designated according to type of abrasive used as diamond-wheel molder; emery-wheel molder.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends automatic machine that casts concrete blocks. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts and stops machine that automatically fills molds, vibrates molds to compact wet concrete, scrapes off excess concrete, and strips finished blocks from molds.
* Guides hoist to transfer pallets loaded with blocks to curing racks.
* May assist in setting up machine.
* May tend machine equipped with automatic off bearing mechanism.
* May verify dimensions of formed blocks, using template.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends automatic machine that casts concrete blocks. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts and stops machine that automatically fills molds, vibrates molds to compact wet concrete, scrapes off excess concrete, and strips finished blocks from molds.
* Guides hoist to transfer pallets loaded with blocks to curing racks.
* May assist in setting up machine.
* May tend machine equipped with automatic off bearing mechanism.
* May verify dimensions of formed blocks, using template.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends automatic extruding machine and cutter that extrude and cut to length chalk billets. Respnsibilities include:
* Loads billet into extrusion die, locks die in place, and starts machine that automatically forces billet through die onto cutting table.
* Places extruded chalk under cutter and depresses pedal to cut chalk to specified length.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that mixes and molds ingredients, using molding table, to make writing chalk. Respnsibilities include:
* Weighs plaster, dyes, and other materials, according to formula.
* Places material in agitator and starts machine to mix ingredients.
* Pours mixture on molding table and smooths it over inlaid holes, using paddle.
* Pushes ejector button to remove hardened chalk from holes.
* May be designated according to materials molded as crayon-molding-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
