A professional who operates machine to cast slugs for subsequent swaging into small arms ammunition bullets. Respnsibilities include:

• Slides lead pigs and scrap into melting kettle, turns valves to control fuel-air mixture to furnace and coolant water flow to molds, and starts pump that forces molten metal through pipes to casting wheels adjacent to kettle.
• Starts machine and observes water on heated molds to determine when water sizzles, indicating specified temperature of molds for production casting.
• Examines slugs for such defects as fins, out of miter (halves not matching), partial formation, and pits.
• Adjusts machine controls and replaces worn and warped molds to correct malformation of slugs, using handtools.
• Examines molds, using straightedge and light, to detect incomplete closure and warpage, and straightens warped molds, using hand-powered press.