Occupation Atlascasting mould maker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2a8d6b4c-661d-4620-8f68-2c99e78f512e
casting mould maker
Casting mould makers create metal, wooden or plastic models of the finished product to be cast. The patterns are then used to create moulds, eventually leading to the casting of the product of the same shape as the pattern.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.86
- C Conventional4.03
- I Investigative2.91
- A Artistic2.66
- S Social1.05
- E Enterprising1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Model Makers, Metal and Plastic (51-4061.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (9)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- calculate allowances for shrinkage in casting processes
- casting processes
- interpret 2D plans
- interpret 3D plans
- mark processed workpiece
- operate patternmaking machinery
- operate precision measuring equipment
- read standard blueprints
- repair patterns
Optional (18)
- apply coating to patterns
- assemble pattern parts
- attend to detail in casting processes
- ferrous metal processing
- non-ferrous metal processing
- precious metal processing
- prepare scientific reports
- select pattern material
- set up machine controls
- supervise work
- tend CNC drilling machine
- tend CNC grinding machine
- tend CNC milling machine
- tend computer numerical control lathe machine
- tend lathe
- types of metal
- types of plastic
- types of wood
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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