Job Description:

• 1) Casts male dies used in stamping aircraft parts from sheet metal: Operates hoist to position female dies on foundry floor.

• 2) Clamps metal and plywood strips around die to form mold.

• 3) Shapes mold to specified contours with sand, using trowel and related tools.

• 4) Tilts melting pot or uses ladle to pour molten alloy into sand mold.

• 5) Places metal jig with anchor bolts attached, or similar insert setup, over mold and into molten metal in prescribed manner to attach anchor bolts to punch.

• 6) May smooth dies.

• 7) May preheat dies, using blowtorch or other equipment.

• 8) May apply parting compound to dies.

• 9) May operate furnaces and ovens.