About this role
Metal Casting Trades Workers form sand moulds and cores for the production of metal castings.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for a Metal Casting Trades Worker include:
- selects metal stock for job requirements
- heats metal in forges and furnaces and hammers, punches and cuts metal using hand tools and machine presses
- tempers and hardens finished articles by quenching in oil or water baths or by cooling gradually in air
- cuts, trims, shapes and smoothes stock to form mould patterns
- fills boxes with sand and sets patterns in place and pours molten metal into moulds, applying refractory paint and positioning cores in moulds.
Courses that can lead to a career as a Metal Casting Trades Worker
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5 courses
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Certificate IV in Engineering
MEM40119
- Apprenticeship
- On-the-job training
- 4 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 4 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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Advanced Diploma of Engineering
MEM60122
- 18 months – 2 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available