A professional who operates molding machine to form sand molds used in production of metal castings. Respnsibilities include:

• Assembles flask, pattern, and follow board on molding table of machine.
• Sifts sand over pattern, using riddle, and fills flask with sand by opening hopper or using shovel.
• Packs sand around pattern contours, using ramming tool or pneumatic hammer.
• Starts machine that compacts sand in flask to form mold.
• Cuts pouring spout and vents in mold, using sprue cutter and wire.
• Lifts cope half of flask off drag half and removes pattern.
• Cleans cavity of mold, using airhose.
• Positions cores in drag, and assembles cope and drag.
• May set cores in mold cavity.
• May install pattern on bed of machine, and adjust pressure of ram.
• May be designated by machine operated as Machine Molder, Roll-Over; Machine Molder, Squeeze; or product molded as Molder, Fitting.