A professional who tends melting pots in which wax is melted for use in lost wax casting process. Respnsibilities include:

• Breaks slabs of wax and deposits them in melting pots.
• Adjusts thermostat to maintain specified temperature of liquid wax.
• Dips wax from melting pot, using hand ladle, and pours it into receiving pot.
• May fill cylinders of wax-injection machines with liquid wax and place cylinders in aging oven for specified period of time.