A professional who mixes specified ingredients with molten lead, pours lead into molds, and cuts lead slabs to specified dimensions. Respnsibilities include:

• Charges kettle with materials for melting, using shovel.
• Guides crane-supported mixer into kettle, and mixes contents in kettle.
• Opens valve permitting molten metal to flow into mold to form slab.
• Skims surface of bath to remove impurities, using skimming board.
• Marks cutting lines on lead sheet, using chalk, steel square, and tape measure, after rolling-mill operator has rolled slabs into sheets of specified thickness.
• Guides power-driven knife along chalklines to cut sheets to specified size.
• Cuts smaller sheets, using portable electric saw or slitting machine.
• May melt solidified metal in outlet pipes, using gas torch.