Foundry Mold and Coremakers
SOC Code: 51-4071
Foundry Mold and Coremakerss clean and smooth molds, cores, and core boxes, and repair surface imperfections. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 87.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Critical Thinking.
AI-Proof Score: 87.0 — Very High
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Median Salary
$45,700
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Job Growth
-25.9%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Monitoring
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Critical Thinking
- •Active Listening
- •Time Management
- •Complex Problem Solving
- •Operation and Control
- •Judgment and Decision Making
- •Speaking
Common Tasks
- ✓Clean and smooth molds, cores, and core boxes, and repair surface imperfections.
- ✓Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.
- ✓Position patterns inside mold sections, and clamp sections together.
- ✓Position cores into lower sections of molds, and reassemble molds for pouring.
- ✓Sprinkle or spray parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to facilitate removal of patterns from molds.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation