Add metal to molds to compensate for shrinkage.
Collect samples, or signal workers to sample metal for analysis.
Examine molds to ensure they are clean, smooth, and properly coated.
Load specified amounts of metal and flux into furnaces or clay crucibles.
Position equipment
such as ladles, grinding wheels, pouring nozzles, or crucibles, or signal other workers to position equipment.
Pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds and forms to produce ingots or other castings, using ladles or hand-controlled mechanisms.
Pull levers to lift ladle stoppers and to allow molten steel to flow into ingot molds to specified heights.
Read temperature gauges and observe color changes; then adjust furnace flames, torches, or electrical heating units as necessary to melt metal to specifications.
Remove metal ingots or cores from molds, using hand tools, cranes, and chain hoists.
Skim slag or remove excess metal from ingots or equipment, using hand tools, strainers, rakes, or burners; collect scrap for recycling.
Turn valves to circulate water through cores, or spray water on filled molds to cool and solidify metal.
Assemble and embed cores in casting frames, using hand tools and equipment.
Remove solidified steel or slag from pouring nozzles, using long bars or oxygen burners.
Repair and maintain metal forms and equipment, using hand tools, sledges, and bars.
Stencil identifying information on ingots and pigs, using special hand tools.
Transport metal ingots to storage areas, using forklifts.
Mechanical -- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Production and Processing -- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Operation and Control -- Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Operation Monitoring -- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Equipment Selection -- Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
Repairing -- Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
Equipment Maintenance -- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Manual Dexterity -- The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Control Precision -- The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Arm-Hand Steadiness -- The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Information Ordering -- The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Near Vision -- The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Static Strength -- The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Wrist-Finger Speed -- The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
Handling and Moving Objects -- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Controlling Machines and Processes -- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings -- Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Performing General Physical Activities -- Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material -- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates -- Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment -- Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
Getting Information -- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards -- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People -- Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.