Occupation Atlasfoundry manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0552ff45-b282-455c-b431-fb05a0e00801
foundry manager
Foundry managers coordinate and implement short and medium term casting production schedules, and coordinate the development, support and improvement of casting processes, and the reliability efforts of the maintenance and engineering departments. They also partner with ongoing remediation initiatives.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ECREnterprising · Conventional · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.03
- C Conventional5.21
- R Realistic4.00
- I Investigative2.92
- S Social1.85
- A Artistic1.40
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 Industrial Production Managers (11-3051.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, 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.
- cost management
- deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances
- engineering processes
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- follow company standards
- forecast organisational risks
- improve business processes
- legal requirements of ICT products
- manage commercial risks
- optimise financial performance
- types of metal manufacturing processes
Optional (16)
- chemistry
- design drawings
- design metal components
- ferrous metal processing
- follow manufacturing work schedule
- identify market niches
- innovation processes
- maintain relationship with customers
- manage staff
- measure customer feedback
- non-ferrous metal processing
- perform market research
- physics
- precious metals
- quality standards
- recruit employees
O*NET equivalents
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