A professional who tends machine that makes shell molds used to produce metal castings. Respnsibilities include:

• Starts machine that automatically forms and cures shell.
• Strips cured shell halves from machine and positions shell half on fixture of mold-closing machine.
• Brushes glue around edges of shell half.
• Positions remaining shell half on top of lower half and activates ram that exerts pressure on shell until glue has set.
• May glue and assemble shell halves by hand.
• May clamp, wire, or bolt shell halves together.
• May bolt pattern and core box to bed of machine.
• May produce cores on shell making machine and be designated Shell Coremaker.