Metal moulders and coremakers

Metal moulders and coremakers make moulds and cores for casting metal.

Skill level: Semi-skilled

Check your pay

  • The majority of Metal moulders and coremakers earn a salary between R6 584 and R25 481 per month in 2024.
  • A monthly wage for entry-level Metal moulders and coremakers ranges from R6 584 to R14 919.
  • After gaining 5 years of work experience, their income will be between R8 094 and R19 278 per month.

Duties and tasks

  • Making moulds by hand or using auxiliary machines on a bench for small metal castings, on the foundry floor, or in a pit for large castings
  • Making cores for use in metal moulds
  • Cleaning and smoothing moulds, core boxes, and repairing surface imperfections
  • Moving and positioning work pieces such as mould sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signalling others to move work pieces
  • Positioning patterns inside mould sections and clamping sections together
  • Cutting spouts, runner holes and sprue holes into moulds
  • Lifting upper mould sections from lower sections and remove moulded patterns

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