Job Description:

• 1) Assists STEEL POURER in pouring molten metal into molds: Places equipment, such as shovels, water hose, and boards on pouring platform.

• 2) Counts molds and caps to ensure specified number for pouring operation.

• 3) Measures and marks molds to indicate specified filling heights, using tape and chalk.

• 4) Weighs specified additives, and transports additives to pouring platform, using wheelbarrow.

• 5) Shovels additives into molds to prevent metal from boiling and forming air bubbles inside ingot.

• 6) Signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR to position hot-tops or steel plates on filled molds to retard cooling of steel.

• 7) Pours sample of molten steel into test mold for laboratory analysis.

• 8) Sprays mold covers with water to cool covers.

• 9) Signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR to remove covers from molds after steel has solidified.

• 10) Removes bricks from ladles that require relining and sets stopper assemblies and nozzles in relined ladles, using bars, sledge, and handtools.

• 11) Performs other duties as described under HELPER Master Title.