A professional who casts male dies (punches) used in stamping aircraft parts from sheet metal. Respnsibilities include:

• Operates hoist to position female dies on foundry floor.
• Clamps metal and plywood strips around die to form mold.
• Shapes mold to specified contours with sand, using trowel and related tools.
• Tilts melting pot or uses ladle to pour molten alloy (aluminum, lead, zinc) into sand mold.
• Places metal jig with anchor bolts attached, or similar insert setup, over mold and into molten metal in prescribed manner to attach anchor bolts to punch.
• May smooth dies.
• May preheat dies, using blowtorch or other equipment.
• May apply parting compound to dies.
• May operate furnaces and ovens.