A professional who pours molten, nonferrous metals into solidifying ingots to compensate for shrinkage that occurs when ingots cool in their molds. Respnsibilities include:

• Dumps specified amount of metal and flux into pot of gas- or oil-fired furnace.
• Reads temperature indicators and adjusts furnace flame to melt heading metal.
• Adds metal to molds to compensate for shrinkage, using ladle.
• Stencils identifying characters on top of solidified ingots, using special hammer tool.
• Opens mold and removes ingot, using tongs.