Occupation Atlasmouldmaker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5318abf2-2e7b-4d09-ae57-6bd500689ebc
mouldmaker
Mouldmakers manually create moulds for the production of metal products. They mix sand and hardening materials to obtain a specialised mixture. They then use a pattern and one or more cores to produce the right shape impression in this material. The shaped material is then left to set, later to be used as a mould in the production of ferrous and non-ferrous metal castings.
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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.
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Occupational interest profile
RCARealistic · Conventional · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.21
- C Conventional4.21
- A Artistic3.37
- I Investigative1.73
- S Social1.00
- 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 Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic (51-4062.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (11)
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.
- attend to detail in casting processes
- construct moulds
- ensure mould uniformity
- fill moulds
- insert mould structures
- maintain moulds
- match product moulds
- move filled moulds
- provide pouring holes in moulds
- repair mould defects
- select mould types
Optional (17)
- coordinate mouldmaking shifts
- ensure core uniformity
- ferrous metal processing
- follow manufacturing work schedule
- insert reinforcement in mould
- jewellery processes
- maintain core parts
- maintain cores
- manage time in casting processes
- manufacturing of jewellery
- mark processed workpiece
- non-ferrous metal processing
- precious metal processing
- prepare scientific reports
- repair core defects
- supervise work
- types of metal manufacturing processes
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.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 11 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
moulding machine operator
10 shared · 2 more of its ownprovide pouring holes in moulds, insert mould structures, move filled moulds, ensure mould uniformity
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foundry operative
8 shared · 5 more of its owninsert mould structures, move filled moulds, ensure mould uniformity, repair mould defects
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concrete products machine operator
5 shared · 8 more of its ownmove filled moulds, match product moulds, select mould types, fill moulds
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brick and tile caster
4 shared · 10 more of its ownensure mould uniformity, select mould types, fill moulds, maintain moulds
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casting machine operator
4 shared · 19 more of its ownattend to detail in casting processes, ensure mould uniformity, fill moulds, maintain moulds
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hand brick moulder
3 shared · 7 more of its ownselect mould types, fill moulds, maintain moulds
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cake press operator
3 shared · 17 more of its ownmove filled moulds, ensure mould uniformity, fill moulds
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block machine operator
2 shared · 8 more of its ownselect mould types, maintain moulds
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