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Pourers and casters on this page means metal pourers specifically: they inspect moulds to the process, check temperature readings and samples and equipment positions, and operate approved ladles or manual controls to pour molten metal into moulds to make castings or ingots. O*NET 51-4052.00 provides the specific tasks; US wages and employment use the separate BLS 51-4052 occupation and do not cover all moulding, melting or die casting positions. Real high-temperature and lifting work follows site training and authorization.
First check whether you accept molten metal, high-temperature equipment and multi-person handover. The daily output is traceable moulds, temperature readings and samples, pouring and casting status, not just a plan sheet.
Observe whether you can assign status by mould number, write unknowns clearly and hand over promptly on anomalies; interest tests are for exploration only and cannot replace safety training or equipment qualification.
O*NET 51-4052.00 is defined as regulating molten metal into moulds using manual controls or ladles to produce castings or ingots. This page covers metal pourers and does not cover all casting occupations.
The official tasks cover mould cleaning, leveling and coating inspection, temperature instrument observation, sampling, ladle and nozzle positioning, pouring flow and slag handling; the task description does not authorize an individual to operate.
Insufficient evidence: no Chinese nationwide individual wage distribution for metal pourers was obtained. The NBS2025 complete manufacturing industry: non-private 113594 and private 76055 yuan/person/year pre-tax annual averages serve only as industry background.
2025
O*NET/BLS2025 national wages｜https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-4052.00?st=FL；BLS table 1.2 employment and training｜https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm；O*NET tasks for this occupation｜https://www.onetonline.org/link/details/51-4052.00
| Entry-level jobs | What you mainly do at the start | What employers usually look at | How to prove yourself without experience | Differences from other directions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casting production assistant | Prepare moulds, record heat numbers and clean approved areas. | Looks at high-temperature and lifting safety awareness. | M batch 20/18/2 status table. | Cannot pour independently. |
| Moulders and coremakers | Make and inspect moulds to specification. | Check the mould material and surface. | Fictional mould checklist. | Mould making and pouring have different divisions of work. |
| Melting furnace operators | Melt and monitor furnace conditions to the process. | Check temperature and material records. |
Inspect moulds, temperature and samples, control molten metal into moulds to the process and record casting status.
Furnace operators focus on furnace temperature and melting; pourers focus on moulds and pouring flow control, and site positions may cooperate.
Do the 30-minute fictional M batch paper exercise: M01–M18 surfaces are verified, and the M19 mould cavity and M20 surface each have 1 debris item pending cleaning; write three log rows, an unknown card and a role handover. 20=18+2 and 90% are surface-verified only, not pourability or a finished good-piece rate.
Logs, temperature trends or defect prompts are only unvalidated assistance ideas; this page did not verify deployment effects in this position. High-temperature equipment, mould release and lifting follow site authorization, and no measured 51-4052 layoff rate was obtained.
First do the 30-minute fictional M batch paper exercise: M01–M18 surfaces are verified, M19 has debris in the mould cavity and M20 has surface debris pending cleaning. Record status and unknowns only and do not operate real equipment.
20=18+2, and 18/20=90% is only the proportion of surfaces verified in the task; the 18 also do not mean pouring is authorized, as temperature, sampling, equipment and authorization are all pending verification.
Those who prefer physical items, checklists and quality traceability can continue checking positions; compare melting furnace, moulding and die casting tasks, then check the target plant's training, shifts and contract.
Workplace｜casting and metal production sites. Work objects｜molten metal, moulds, ladles and castings. Moulds｜check cleanliness, levelness and coating. Temperature reading and sampling｜record instruments and sample sources. Pouring flow｜adjusted to the process after training. Equipment｜cooperate with positioning, lifting and furnace-side roles. Quality｜heats, castings and exceptions are traceable. Safety｜high temperature, equipment and contaminant exposure follow site rules. Statistics｜US BLS separate occupation data do not represent Chinese pay and benefits.
Check each mould's number, surface and coating record; unknown conditions are not inferred as conforming from a paper exercise.
The US BLS 51-4052 typical entry is a high school diploma or equivalent, no related experience and medium-term on-the-job training; these are occupational characteristics, not a unified Chinese statutory threshold.
Check the mould → check the heat sample → check temperature and equipment → pour as authorized → record the casting → hand over exceptions.
NBS complete manufacturing 2025: non-private 113594 and private 76055 yuan/person/year pre-tax annual averages, which are only Chinese industry background.
Heat numbers, moulds, samples, instruments and casting records must correspond; quality conformity and individual operating authorization are checked separately.
The high-temperature equipment, positioning and handling tasks listed by O*NET have their actual division of work and qualifications determined by plant rules.
Record the 20-mould M batch → separate the 18 verified surfaces → mark the M19/M20 debris → list the unknown conditions → refer to the responsible role → keep the review basis.
The inputs and outputs on this page are moulds, metal heats and castings; occupational materials cannot replace the plant process sheet.
The checkable outputs are castings or ingots, heat records, mould status and exception handover.
Pourers receive upstream melting and mould information, control the approved pour and leave a verifiable quality record; adjacent position duties are not merged just because of cooperation.
Pour metal into moulds to make castings or ingots, not make cores or set the whole plant's production budget.
Pour molten metal into moulds to form castings or ingots and keep traceable records.
Furnace positions focus on furnace conditions and melting; pouring positions focus on receiving conditions, moulds and pouring flow.
The basis includes the process, mould status and heat and sampling records; key values follow site-approved materials.
Pouring 51-4052, melting 51-4051, moulding and coremaking 51-4071 and machine casting 51-4072 are counted separately, and their tasks, training and wages are not borrowed.
Check the conditions first, then adjust the pour to the approved process; unknown temperature and equipment status cannot be filled in from the plan.
After checking the mould and metal conditions, adjust the pour using approved equipment and process.
The specific sequence and parameters follow the site process, and O*NET only describes the task objects.
The numbering links metal, samples, moulds and castings; failure records keep the cause pending verification.
Trained pouring staff cooperate with mould, furnace-side, equipment and quality roles, each responsible within their position.
The task refers M19/M20 to the mould handling role; the handling and overall authorization remain unknown and cannot substitute for real sign-off.
Equipment, lifting, repair and final release qualifications are checked separately, and paper records grant no operating authority.
The tools involve instruments, samplers, moulds, ladles and nozzles, with use and maintenance under specific procedures.
The typical US education and training on this page is not a Chinese certificate list; actual Chinese qualifications are checked against valid rules and employer requirements.
Wages, training and tasks each have their own scope, and site authorization, quality standards and Chinese pay and benefits must be checked separately.
Before starting, check six items: heat samples, moulds, temperature and equipment, personnel command, quality traceability and the training contract.
Heat and sample｜confirm the number, original sampling source and result, and write pending verification for unavailable values.
Check whether the number runs through the mould and casting, and do not treat another heat's result as this heat's conclusion.
Mould status｜check cleanliness, levelness, coating and review records separately.
18 M batch surfaces are verified and 2 have debris pending cleaning; the overall pouring authorization is unknown.
Temperature and equipment｜check the instrument, process version and equipment status.
When readings and parameters are not given, keep them unknown and do not guess temperature or operating conditions.
Personnel and command｜check each role, position and handover channel.
Emergency handling follows site procedures; this page is for occupational exploration only.
Quality and traceability｜check standards, heat numbers and casting inspection records.
AI prompts or output statistics cannot replace the actual quality decision.
Training and pay and benefits｜check the contract, shifts, qualifications and learning arrangements.
Check requirements against real announcements and plant rules, and do not treat a US percentile or an exercise score as a hiring promise.
Pourers share the casting site with furnace, moulding and machine casting workers, but their main task is controlled metal pouring flow and mould cooperation.
The first four rows compare melting furnace operators, moulders and coremakers, casting machine operators and welders; the last two rows compare the internal ladle and manual control emphases within this occupation.
Compare process objects, equipment authority, quality and safety consequences, without borrowing adjacent occupation wages.
Pouring receives the melting result; charge melting and furnace condition judgment belong to another task line.
Those who prefer furnace conditions and metal melting monitoring can check furnace-side training separately.
Operate or tend melting furnaces to melt and refine metal for casting or to produce specified steel grades.
Metal refining furnace operators
Coremaking differs from pouring flow, and mould acceptance is not mould making.
Those who prefer material and mould forming can compare mould-making work.
Make wax or sand cores and moulds for metal casting.
Moulders and coremakers
Machine setting and manual pouring flow have different equipment procedures.
Those who prefer equipment setting need to learn the specific machine procedures separately.
Set up and run metal or plastic forming, coremaking or casting machines.
Metal and plastic forming and casting machine operators
Produces joints or repair welds, not castings made by pouring metal into moulds.
Those who prefer metal joining processes should check welding training and authority separately.
Hand weld, flame cut, braze or solder metal components.
Welders, cutters, solderers and brazers
An internal emphasis within this occupation, not a separate wage occupation or qualification.
Those willing to cooperate with positioning and command should check ladle-specific training first.
Cooperate with ladle positioning and pouring flow adjustment in an approved position.
Ladle pouring emphasis
An internal emphasis within this occupation, with actual tasks depending on equipment and process.
Those willing to read status according to equipment procedures should check valve and nozzle operating training separately.
Use manual controls within authorization to regulate the metal flow into the mould.
Manual control emphasis
Before transferring, check high-temperature, lifting, mould, sampling, equipment and shift training.
Those preparing to enter
Practise numbering, unknowns and handover with the M batch, and learn the process and authority first.
Those already in pouring positions
Check whether an approved tool really improves records and keep the original readings and human review.
Mould and quality collaborators
Record physical defects and tool prompts separately and do not let a prompt replace acceptance.
Trainers and managers
Define the trial object, false negatives and positives, stop conditions and review roles.
AI could serve as an unvalidated assistance idea for logs, trend charts or defect annotation; this page did not verify deployment effects in pouring positions. Mould confirmation, equipment control, shutdown and quality decisions are the responsibility of site-authorized staff under the rules, and task exposure research cannot give a replacement rate for 51-4052.
O*NET 51-4052.00
Specific tasks and context; does not study AI adoption rates.
US wages and employment projection; not AI causal evidence.
ILO working paper 140
A cross-occupation generative AI exposure method; not measured for this occupation.
GPTs are GPTs
US task potential estimates; does not predict adoption timing for this occupation.
WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025
Employer expectations, not actual layoffs in pouring positions.
Cross-scenario AI governance, not casting equipment safety procedures.
O*NET pouring tasks
Used to define the physical, instrument, pouring flow and personnel task objects.
The following are editorial assistance directions, not verified plant effects; define the data, equipment and human responsibility boundaries for each first.
Can organize mould photo labels and instrument trends, with accuracy to be validated.
Check physical items, instruments and sampling sources, and do not judge condition conformity from a draft.
Can organize pouring records or exception summaries and does not set equipment automatically.
Trained and authorized staff operate per site process, and tools grant no authority.
Can summarize pending handover items and keep the problem and responsible role.
Check the exception impact and site handling, with the handover draft confirmed by the responsible person.
The following five evidence cards describe global exposure, task impact estimates, employer expectations, a risk framework and occupational task sources respectively. They answer different questions, cannot substitute for each other, and exposure cannot be treated as adoption or a job outcome.
Exposure potential does not equal actual adoption, layoffs or effects in this occupation.
ILO working paper 140 (2025)
Cross-occupation tasks and generative AI exposure.
Estimates potential impact from task structure and provides a methodological background for this occupation's analysis.
Task potential estimates and no prediction of development or adoption timetables.
Eloundou et al.: GPTs are GPTs
US occupational tasks and the potential impact of large language models.
About 80% of workers have at least 10% of tasks and 19% at least 50% of tasks potentially affected; with model access about 15% of tasks could be significantly sped up, which is not pouring-specific data.
Employer expectations are not realized job change.
WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025
Employer expectations of technology, skills and job change in 2025–2030.
Technology change may create and reduce work at the same time; it is not converted into 51-4052 job numbers.
A voluntary governance framework with no accident rate or equipment operating parameters for this occupation.
NIST Generative AI Risk Management Profile AI 600-1
Risks and governance measures for generative AI systems.
Requires assessment, review and responsibility arrangements; site safety follows valid procedures separately.
Occupational task descriptions do not evaluate AI adoption effects.
O*NET 51-4052.00
Metal pourer tasks, work context and occupational characteristics.
Moulds, temperature readings and samples, pouring flow and positioning provide the analysis objects and give no replacement probability.
Exposure: text records may be affected by tools, while physical inspection and high-temperature equipment need separate validation, with no unified task proportion.
Insufficient evidence: no actual 51-4052 adoption rate was obtained; position trials and task data are needed and the exposure index cannot be substituted.
The separate BLS occupational employment projection cannot be attributed to AI. Insufficient evidence: no measured data were obtained on metal pourer generative AI adoption, time savings, error rate, replacement rate or net employment causation; text record assistance does not grant equipment control.
There is no replacement rate for this occupation. First check task by task whether a tool can retain numbers, readings and exception evidence.
ILO working paper 140 and O*NET task materials.
No unified coding threshold was verified for the position; first learn this position's data records, process and authorization, with tool skills following the specific position.
NIST AI governance background, not a recruitment qualification survey.
Logs, photo labels and handover drafts can be trial ideas; they do not automatically control molten metal.
GPTs are GPTs task potential, not pouring site deployment.
BLS table 1.2 projects a 2025–2035 change of -5.0%; AI cannot be attributed from this.
BLS table 1.2 separate occupation 51-4052.
This page's text cannot decide mould release or equipment operation; responsibility and process follow site authorization.
The NIST risk framework supports governance principles only.
Unknown; the paper does not predict adoption timing, and BLS does not predict a year when the job disappears.
GPTs are GPTs on prediction limitations.
First practise mould numbering, source records, unknowns and exception handover, then check real position training.
NIST human review and responsibility principles.
The following is an editorial suggested responsibility chain for tool trials, separate from site equipment procedures.
Determine the task text or approved data, tool purpose and equipment that must not be controlled.
Validate with fictional records first and do not submit unapproved heat or personnel data.
Check numbers, readings, omissions and exceptions item by item, not just whether the text reads well.
Keep the input, output, version and change basis for others to review.
Reviewers sign for their own responsibilities; tool output does not expand operating authority.
A draft may turn an unknown temperature into conforming and create a wrong condition judgment.
Check against the source data item by item and still write unknowns as unknown.
Sending heat photos or personnel information externally may breach the plant data boundary.
Use fictional or explicitly approved data only, and handle sensitive items under the rules.
Version differences may change labels and conclusions.
Keep the data and tool versions and recheck affected items after changes.
Chaining mould counts, heat numbers and process status can mislead the handover.
Check 20=18+2 and M19/M20, with status and evidence corresponding row by row.
Without sign-off, a prompt is mistaken for release.
List the review roles and next evidence, with formal decisions following site authorization.
Check that physical items and photos correspond and the cleanliness and coating status.
Mould status record
Mould preparation
Editorial trial: photo label drafts must be compared with physical items.
Check the instrument source, time and approved process and do not guess temperature.
Temperature record organization
Temperature measurement cooperation
Editorial trial: trend charts help identify items to check and do not adjust equipment automatically.
Check the sample number, heat and analysis result.
Sample number handover
Material interface
Editorial trial: align numbers and show results not obtained.
Equipment control and personnel position still follow trained authorization.
Pouring process record
Editorial trial: drafts can only summarize records already given.
Confirm the defect and the judgment standard, not just the label.
Casting defect filing
Quality inspection
Editorial trial: image-assisted classification must validate false negatives and positives.
Check the pending items, responsible roles and handling basis.
Exception handover draft
Shift cooperation
Editorial trial: generate the pending card from the source log.
Instructors check the task text and rubric and grant no equipment authority.
Paper exercise feedback
Entry learning
Editorial trial: check the M batch counts and unknowns and keep the error basis.
Before transferring or adopting tools, check the specific materials, equipment, training and duties; validate with reviewable records and promise no employment, pay rise or safety outcome.
May 2026 released 2025 industry data; US occupational wages cannot be filled in for Chinese positions.
Average annual wage
The manufacturing average includes many kinds of position and is not a pourer's individual monthly salary.
Urban unit employees
Urban legal entities with 5 or more persons; the industry spans occupations and excludes self-employed individuals and freelancers.
No occupational percentiles
Insufficient evidence: no Chinese nationwide metal pourer median or wage percentiles were obtained.
Manufacturing includes different positions such as melting, moulding, machine casting and pouring.
Plant, materials, shifts and equipment responsibility may affect pay and benefits.
Not convertible across countries
US 51-4052 and Chinese casting position contracts and statistical definitions differ.
Insufficient evidence: no reliable estimate of AI-caused wage changes for Chinese pourers.
Chinese job titles and process division of work are checked against plant recruitment announcements.
Basic education
Specific metal pouring positions
The BLS typical high school diploma or equivalent is not a unified Chinese statutory threshold.
Position training
Moulds, ladles, temperature measurement and high-temperature safety
Real equipment follows site-authorized training.
Relevant experience
Melting furnace, moulding or casting site
Related experience transfers but does not automatically grant pouring authority.
Cross-industry background
Other metal manufacturing positions
Materials and safety procedures must be learned separately.
Foundry pouring positions
Cooperate by heat, mould and personnel position.
Mould or melting experience
Helps with process understanding, but duties and wages are checked separately.
Other production positions
Quality records can be shared; molten metal processes must be learned separately.
BLS 51-4052 table 1.2｜https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
US occupational statistics and Chinese casting position conditions are not mutually recognized.
Insufficient evidence: no Chinese nationwide pourer employment, openings or wage percentiles on the same basis were obtained.
The roughly 400 US annual average openings apply only to 51-4052.
National Bureau of Statistics 2025 urban unit wages｜https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/202605/t20260515_1963707.html
NBS2025 manufacturing 113594/76055 yuan/person/year pre-tax annual averages, for non-private/private units respectively, are only industry background. The US -5.0% occupational projection and 51,810 USD median cannot be converted into Chinese individual pay and benefits. The BLS2025–2035 US 51-4052 projection of -5.0% cannot infer China's trend. The BLS May 2025 US 51-4052 median of 51,810 USD/year cannot be converted into Chinese pay and benefits.
Urban non-private manufacturing
113594 yuan/person/year pre-tax annual average; the complete manufacturing industry across occupations, not an individual pourer's monthly salary.
Urban private manufacturing
76055 yuan/person/year pre-tax annual average; a unit industry average, not a plant's contract quote.
Chinese metal pourer individuals
Insufficient evidence: no nationwide comparable median, percentiles or monthly wage was obtained.
US 51-4052 and Chinese casting position qualifications are not automatically mutually recognized.
National Bureau of Statistics 2025 urban unit wages｜https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/202605/t20260515_1963707.html
BLS2025–2035 US 51-4052 projection of -5.0% cannot infer China's trend.
The BLS May 2025 US 51-4052 median of 51,810 USD/year cannot be converted into Chinese pay and benefits.
2025 US 51-4052 annual wage 10th percentile; percentiles are not an individual entry, promotion or income ceiling. O*NET national wages｜https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-4052.00?st=FL
45,190 USD/year
2025 US 51-4052 annual wage 25th percentile; percentiles are not an individual entry, promotion or income ceiling. O*NET national wages｜https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-4052.00?st=FL
2025 US 51-4052 annual wage median; percentiles are not an individual entry, promotion or income ceiling. O*NET national wages｜https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-4052.00?st=FL
61,700 USD/year
2025 US 51-4052 annual wage 75th percentile; percentiles are not an individual entry, promotion or income ceiling. O*NET national wages｜https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-4052.00?st=FL
2025 US 51-4052 annual wage 90th percentile; percentiles are not an individual entry, promotion or income ceiling. O*NET national wages｜https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-4052.00?st=FL
BLS table 1.2 2025 base period.；BLS table 1.2｜https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
about 4,600 in 2025 and about 4,300 in 2035; the table net change of about -200 involves rounding.；BLS table 1.2｜https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
Openings include replacements and are not net additions.；BLS table 1.2｜https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm
51-4052 is a separate occupation; its wages and employment apply to the United States only.
The BLS 51-4052 2025 annual wage median is 51,810 USD; about 4,600 in 2025 to about 4,300 in 2035, -5.0%, with about 400 openings per year. The table net change of about -200 involves rounding. The BLS 51-4052 is about 4,600 to 4,300, -5.0%, with about 400 openings per year; the rounded net change cannot be used to derive exact headcounts. The 51,810 USD/year is the US 51-4052 median, not Chinese pay and benefits. The 51,810 USD/year is the US 51-4052 median, not Chinese pay and benefits.
Plant, shifts, materials and duties differ; the median is not an individual wage.
Plant and process
The responsibility scopes of the melting furnace, pouring and quality control differ.
Equipment and training
On-the-job training does not guarantee a pay rise or hiring.
High temperature and quality responsibility
The BLS 51-4052 is about 4,600 to 4,300, -5.0%, with about 400 openings per year; the rounded net change cannot be used to derive exact headcounts.
Metal pourers and casters 51-4052
The BLS 2025 annual wage median, not an individual quote.
Insufficient evidence: no separate reviewable wage on this page
This page has no separate wage percentile for ladle positions.
Manual control positions
Insufficient evidence: no separate reviewable wage on this page
This page has no separate wage percentile for manual control positions.
Melting furnace operators
Has its own separate wages
Furnace 51-4051 wages cannot be lent to pouring 51-4052.
The median is a distribution position, not a starting salary; the five percentiles are also not an individual promotion ladder.
National hourly and annual wages are statistical values, and individual annual hours or take-home pay cannot be assumed.
The original percentile source is the BLS2025 national wages cited by O*NET; this round the wage page failed to load through several entry points, so the 10/25/75/90 percentiles were not re-verified and the original records are kept without claiming a fresh direct read. The median of 51810 USD and the employment and training were verified against the current 51-4052 line in BLS table 1.2, not the 51-4050 summary.
Materials, plant, shifts, equipment responsibility and contract must be checked separately; typical US training does not guarantee a pay rise.
51,810 USD/year is the US 51-4052 median, not Chinese pay and benefits.
The 10th percentile is 38480 USD/year, not a new hire starting salary or an assertion of being strictly below that value.
The median is 51810 USD/year and does not guarantee an individual income.
The 90th percentile is 72040 USD/year and is not the highest wage or an income ceiling.
The O*NET summary publishes the interest code RC, with details values R100/C46/I24/A2/S1/E0; it describes occupational tasks, not an individual hiring score.
Occupational interest materials are official occupation descriptions; personality tests do not prove on-site ability.
Do not use RC or any assessment score as an equipment qualification, health judgment or hiring conclusion.
Values caution, reliability and rechecking after anomalies; you can observe whether the mould log has omissions.
O*NET has cautious and reliable work styles; mapping them to Big Five dimensions is an editorial interpretation and no individual performance validity was verified.
Assessment scores cannot replace safety training; observe with the M batch record and error-correction behaviour.
R100/C46/I24/A2/S1/E0 are occupation description values; the summary code is RC, not an individual threshold.
MBTI can be used to discuss preferences, not to judge whether someone can pour or operate safely.
This page verified no predictive validity of any MBTI type for pouring performance or hiring.
RC
RC
Do not screen positions by type; do the paper record first, then check site training.
The Enneagram only helps discuss stress responses and does not determine job eligibility.
There is no reviewable measured evidence on this page of Enneagram effects on pouring performance.
Do not use an Enneagram type or stress score as safety ability.
Needs to read numbers, quantities and instruments and trace the source when they do not match; IQ cannot replace operating training.
This page sets no unified IQ hiring line; observe verification and explanation errors.
Difficulty with calculation can be practised on paper first, and real instrument reading is assessed under training; one test cannot exclude someone.
Clearly stating anomalies and the next responsible person is more observable than a general claim of high emotional intelligence.
Insufficient evidence: no occupation-specific validity of EQ assessments for predicting pouring quality, exception communication or handover performance was obtained, and no unified emotional intelligence hiring line is set; look at whether the specific handover is accurate.
Smooth communication must not mask inadequate physical or equipment conditions.
Interest and personality are for exploration only; real high-temperature equipment, quality control and lifting authority are checked separately. Insufficient evidence: no occupation-specific or comparative validity of these assessments for this occupation was obtained, so applicants cannot be ranked or excluded by score.
First observe number verification, cautious rechecking and handover ability, then judge whether you accept the site environment.
Furnace refining direction
Willing to keep checking furnace conditions and melting records.
Charge, refining and furnace conditions require specific training.
Moulding and coremaking direction
Likes making and checking mould materials and shapes.
Making cores differs from pouring acceptance and requires moulding training.
Metal and plastic die casting direction
Likes checking settings and status against the machine procedure.
The scope includes plastics, so the target equipment must be learned separately and pouring authority cannot substitute.
Welding and cutting direction
Prefers joint and weld quality.
Heat sources, joint processes and equipment qualifications are checked separately.
Industrial production management direction
Willing to coordinate output, quality, resources and processes.
Management duties go beyond pouring operations and require resource planning and team leadership evidence.
Inspection and testing direction
Willing to recheck defects and traceability records against the standard.
Quality control occupations span materials, and final decision authority depends on the position.
Caution, reliability and willingness to recheck source records are more relevant; do not rely on a single personality label.
Introverts also need clear handover and to follow instructions, verified by behaviour.
Extroverts still have to check moulds item by item and cannot treat confidence as ability.
This page has no evidence of a best MBTI type and does not hire by type.
Summary code RC; the six values serve occupational exploration and are not individual thresholds.
This page verified no predictive validity of scores for performance; observe real training and output.
First practise numbers, counts and unknown identification; real instruments and processes are trained under supervision.
Look at whether anomalies and boundaries can be restated accurately, with no emotional intelligence score line.
The Enneagram only discusses preferences and cannot substitute for qualification or safety assessment.
Deliver the three M batch log rows, the pending card and the responsible roles, and recheck against the rubric.
Willing to check physical items and numbers, keep unknowns and accept training and position division of work.
If you are unwilling to take on high-temperature site discipline or continuous verification, compare other production positions first.
A 30-minute paper M batch exercise with no operation of furnaces, ladles, cranes or forklifts.
O*NET tasks and work context describe the observation objects.
The O*NET summary interest code RC and the six details values, not individual assessment thresholds.
BLS table 1.2 typical education and training, not a unified hiring standard.
BLS US wages and employment do not support personality-performance inference.
Furnace 51-4051 tasks are used only for adjacent boundaries.
Moulding and coremaking 51-4071 tasks are used only for the mould making boundary.
Die casting 51-4072 covers metal and plastic, and specific training is checked separately.
O*NET background for this occupation; the materials do not authorize real equipment operation.
This page provides occupational risk background and editorially fictional scenarios and gives no accident rate, parameters or site handling procedures; real anomalies follow plant-authorized procedures.
The main risk objects are moulds, metal conditions, equipment positioning, source records and handover; AI drafts do not release high-temperature work.
O*NET tasks and context support the risk objects, and the M batch case is an editorial fiction; the cards do not constitute Chinese or US equipment operating standards.
Pouring, mould and quality collaborators.
Unverified debris may cause wrong mould condition or quality judgments.
Keep the debris location and status and refer to mould handling and authorized review roles; do not treat plans as completed.
The fictional M19 mould cavity and M20 surface each have debris and remain pending cleaning.
Furnace-side, sampling and pouring staff.
A wrong heat number or unverified reading distorts the metal condition judgment.
Check the instrument and sample sources, keep missing data pending verification and escalate per site procedures.
The fictional task gives no temperature or composition, so the answer cannot state that pouring conditions are met.
High-temperature site staff and cooperating positions.
Hot metal and contaminant exposure are work context risks and are not removed by personality or AI prompts.
Check against site risk assessment, training and approved protection procedures; the materials set no exposure values.
Editorial scenario: records lack equipment and environment information, and site safety cannot be inferred from a log.
Pouring, lifting, positioning and site command roles.
Unclear equipment or personnel positions may create high-consequence coordination risk.
Cooperate under approved command and equipment procedures; the paper exercise lists unknowns only and gives no lifting instructions.
The task gives no ladle or lifting conditions, so they must remain on the pending card.
Shift handover staff, supervisors and exception responsible roles.
Without responsibility or update evidence, the next shift may treat an unhandled condition as closed.
The handover states numbers, pending items, the next responsible role and the update basis, with actual handling following the rules.
The handling result for M19/M20 is unknown and the review time is not fabricated.
Quality, pouring and later processes.
A verified mould surface differs from conforming casting quality, and mixing them misleads traceability.
Separate mould records, pouring authorization and casting inspection, and make formal decisions under the standards and authority.
18/20=90% is only the surface-verified proportion; without casting data a good-piece rate cannot be calculated.
O*NET mould and temperature reading and sampling tasks, occupational background only.
O*NET work context includes heat, contaminants and equipment and is not a safe operating standard.
O*NET ladle and nozzle positioning tasks, with actual equipment authorization checked separately.
NIST serves only as AI governance background, not as a basis for casting safety law.
The M batch 20/18/2 is editorially fictional, and the source tasks describe only the occupational objects.
| Fictional temperature measurement handover sheet. |
| Furnace and pouring flow control differ. |
| Metal pourer and caster | Check the mould, temperature and equipment position, then pour as authorized. | The typical BLS entry is a high school diploma or equivalent and medium-term on-the-job training. | M batch exception shutdown and handover. | High-temperature pouring flow is this occupation's main line. |
| Casting quality inspector | Check defects, heat numbers and inspection results. | Looks at standards and traceability. | Fictional casting log. | Final release depends on the institution. |
Official entry characteristics
The BLS 51-4052 typical entry is a high school diploma or equivalent and medium-term on-the-job training.
Real high-temperature, lifting and equipment authority depend on the employer.
Pouring tasks
O*NET lists mould inspection, temperature measurement, sampling, pouring flow and slag handling.
Work follows the plant process division of work and all equipment cannot be operated without authorization.
Safety work sample
Of the 20 M batch moulds, 18 are verified and 2 have debris pending cleaning, all as a paper exercise.
Another person can reconstruct the status and the shutdown reason.
Data boundaries
When temperature, composition and equipment conditions are not given, release cannot be guessed.
The real site follows trained staff.
Materials｜all editorially fictional
M batch of 20 moulds numbered M01–M20. M01–M18 surfaces are verified in the task; M19 has debris in the mould cavity and M20 has surface debris, 1 each pending cleaning. The task gives no furnace temperature, composition sampling, coating process version, equipment, lifting or authorization materials.
30 minutes: 10 minutes for the status log, 10 minutes for the counts and pending card, 10 minutes for handover and self-check. Use paper data only.
18 verified surfaces do not mean pouring is possible, and no real equipment is operated.
Task and outputs
Write three log rows: M01–M18 count 18 with surfaces verified; M19 count 1 with mould cavity debris; M20 count 1 with surface debris. Each numbered item can be expanded, without fabricating cleaning results.
Calculate the total and the surface-verified proportion; list the unknown temperature, sampling, process version, equipment position, personnel and authorization and refer to the responsible roles.
Reference answer and rubric｜complete independently first
20=18+1+1, and 18/20=90% is only the surface-verified proportion in the task. M19/M20 await cleaning review; the pouring authorization for all 20 is unknown, and without casting data a good-piece rate cannot be calculated.
Pending card: the furnace-side and sampling roles supply the heat number, temperature and composition sources, the mould role supplies cleaning and process, the equipment and command roles supply positioning and personnel, and the authorization lead checks whether operation is possible; write roles only and do not fabricate real sign-off.
Four items scored 0–2 each, 8 in total: numbering and counts, debris location and status, unknown and proportion boundaries, and handover roles and update evidence; 2 is accurate and complete, 1 is partly missing, 0 is wrong or missing.
Boundaries and review
Check the task text only. Do not operate furnaces, ladles, cranes, forklifts or real moulds, and give no temperature parameters, cleaning methods or equipment steps.
Deliver the three log rows, the pending card, the handover sheet and the 8-point self-check; another person can reconstruct them from the task.
Mould status log
M01–M18 count 18 and M19/M20 count 1 each, noting the debris location and pending cleaning, with the three rows expandable per item.
Review 20=18+1+1, with the 18 surface-verified only.
Pre-pour pending card
Temperature and composition, process version, equipment positioning, personnel and authorization are all unknown from the task.
Check that there are no fabricated values and no conforming or approved conclusions.
Handover responsibility sheet
Refer separately to the mould, furnace-side sampling, equipment and command, and authorization leads; list the evidence still needed and do not fabricate dates or signatures.
Check that the next responsibility and update evidence can be reconstructed.
Proportion and rubric self-check
18/20=90% is only the surface-verified proportion and a finished good-piece rate cannot be calculated.
Four dimensions scored 0–2 each for 8 in total; write each item's error or omission.
| Stage | What may be assessed | Observable evidence | Use boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mould counts | Whether statuses can be distinguished | The status of the 20 moulds M01–M18 and M19/M20 can be reviewed | Fictional values |
| Pending cleaning conditions | Whether you can stop and escalate | M19 mould cavity and M20 surface debris, 1 each pending cleaning | Site processes are checked separately |
| Temperature and sampling | Whether unknowns are kept | 90% is surface-verified only and temperature and composition are unknown | No guessing at release |
| Lifting cooperation | Whether authority can be explained | Personnel and equipment positions pending verification | Trained staff operate |
Day One
Read O*NET for this occupation and BLS table 1.2 and write the task and statistical object boundaries.
Day Two
Draw the furnace, mould, sampling, equipment, pouring and quality handover chain.
Day Three
Do the 30-minute M batch log, pending card and handover from the task.
Day Four
Check 20=18+1+1 and that the 90% is surface-verified only against the answer.
Day Five
Self-check against the four-dimension 8-point rubric and fill omissions without filling unknown parameters.
Day Six
Ask another person to restate M19/M20 and the responsible roles from the three log rows and record disagreements.
Day Seven
Check the current target announcement's materials and equipment, education, shifts and training yourself and decide whether to continue, study more or change direction; this page verified no real-time sample.
| Qualification／role | Who it mainly suits | Practical job-search role | Whether it is a general entry threshold | Application／registration conditions | Level of investment | Important limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High school diploma or equivalent | Those applying for US 51-4052 positions | BLS typical education characteristics | Not a globally unified threshold | See the employer's announcement | Regular study | Does not authorize high-temperature equipment |
| Medium-term on-the-job training | Those entering the pouring site | BLS typical training | Equipment specifics are checked separately | Trained under supervision | Medium term | Training does not equal independent release |
| Mould inspection training | Those preparing or checking moulds | Helps identify debris and defects | Depends on the plant | According to the process sheet | Ongoing | Cannot release beyond authority |
| Temperature measurement and sampling training | Furnace-side collaborators | Reads and hands over data correctly | Depends on the plant | Check instrument and sampling rules | Ongoing | Do not guess metal composition |
| Ladle and lifting training | Those authorized to operate equipment | High-temperature, lifting and command cooperation | Depends on equipment and site | Specific training | Ongoing | Does not automatically include repair authority |
| Quality control and record training | Those inspecting castings | Tracks heats and defects | Depends on the employer | Check the standards | Varies by position | Final release is authorized separately |
The BLS 51-4052 typical entry is a high school diploma or equivalent, medium-term on-the-job training and no related occupational experience; these are US occupational characteristics, not a threshold for every position.
A paper exercise or training does not automatically grant ladle, lifting, forklift, repair or release authority.
Real molten metal, moisture, fume and lifting risks follow site safety rules.
The 20 M batch moulds, 18 verified and 2 pending cleaning, are all editorial fictions.
Insufficient evidence: this page has no verified live metal pouring recruitment sample and cannot infer regional opportunities or unified equipment qualifications.
Before applying, check the plant, materials, equipment, shifts, training, protection and shutdown responsibility.
Present the M batch numbering status, the 90% surface-verified only, all pouring conditions unknown and the role handover; the paper output grants no equipment authority.
Check moulds and records under supervision and do not pour without authorization.
Mould verification
Can read temperature and sampling to the process and find anomalies.
Site records
Cooperate with ladle and manual control operation after authorization.
Pouring flow cooperation
Can review heats, castings and safety handover.
Quality cooperation
First do the fictional M batch paper exercise, then check the real position's equipment authority.
High-temperature, lifting, forklift and repair authority depend on the institution and are not automatically gained from a title.
US 51-4052 wages and employment do not represent Chinese casting positions.
Typical BLS education and training are not a unified hiring promise.
BLS table 1.2 supports only US typical education, experience, training and statistics.
O*NET supports only tasks and work context and is not a plant process sheet.
BLS table 1.2 cannot prove the M batch answers or site qualifications; the M batch was set by the editor.
The BLS metal and plastic worker OOH is broader environment background, not this occupation's wages or operating permission.
Mould verification entry
Learn mould cleaning and batches.
The M batch 20/18/2 is accurate.
Check surfaces under supervision.
Production assistant
Materials and sampling
Learn temperature and sample sources.
Do not write unknowns as conforming.
Record handover.
Furnace-side collaborators
Pouring training
Learn equipment command and personnel positions.
The two pending cleaning moulds are not released.
Cooperate after authorization.
Pourer and caster
Quality review
Check castings and heats.
Exceptions are traceable.
Cooperate on improvement.
Team lead
Furnace cooperation entry
Learn heats and temperature measurement.
Source instruments are recorded.
Observe under supervision.
Furnace assistant
Sampling and condition checks
Learn analysis results and pending items.
Do not guess composition.
Hand over to pouring.
Furnace-side worker
Temperature exception handling
Learn shutdown and escalation.
Equipment status is traceable.
Handle after training.
Experienced furnace-side worker
Cross-process review
Check the melting and pouring flow interface.
Responsibility is clear.
Coaches and cooperates.
Furnace-side lead
Quality control entry
Learn casting and mould defects.
The two M batch moulds are isolated.
Inspect under supervision.
Quality control assistant
Batch inspection
Check heat numbers and castings.
Records can be reviewed.
Judge under authorization.
Quality inspector
Exception escalation
Summarize temperature, mould and equipment evidence.
Pending items are closed out.
Coordinate rework.
Quality coordinator
Quality improvement
Analyse defect trends.
Improvements have evidence.
Coach the review.
Quality lead
BLS 51-4052: about 4,600 in 2025 to about 4,300 in 2035, -5.0%, with about 400 openings per year.
The separate occupation is projected to decline by 5.0%, not an individual unemployment probability.
The table shows 4.6 thousand to 4.3 thousand and a net change of -0.2 thousand, each rounded; the displayed endpoints cannot be used to derive exact values.
Employment size and change rate
BLS 51-4052 metal pourers and casters separate line
2025–2035 annual average
About 400 annual average openings including replacements, so a declining occupation may still hire.
Not net additions, real-time positions or an individual hiring rate.
Annual average occupational openings
BLS 51-4052 separate line
No nationwide comparable employment and projection was obtained
Chinese employment cannot be inferred from US projections or manufacturing wages.
Insufficient evidence: no Chinese nationwide metal pourer employment projection or current recruitment sample was obtained.
Chinese nationwide occupational employment and growth
Metal pourers and casters, not all manufacturing
Insufficient evidence: comparable employment, growth and current position samples were not obtained
The separate occupation's wages and projection in BLS table 1.2, not AI causation.
Annual average openings in the same table include replacements, not real-time recruitment.
NBS2025 manufacturing industry wage background, which does not support this occupation's employment projection.
O*NET tasks for this occupation support the work boundaries, not a hiring guarantee.
Melting, furnace conditions and charge control must be learned separately, and equipment authorization is checked separately.
Shared metal process, instrument and handover experience.
Editorial task comparison: adjacent process; plant training is needed and transfer is not guaranteed. Not a transfer success rate, and real position conditions are checked separately.
Add wax and sand materials, core and mould making.
Shared mould status and quality awareness.
Editorial task comparison: an adjacent making process, not just a title change. Not a transfer success rate, and real position conditions are checked separately.
Add forming and coremaking machine setting and metal and plastic equipment processes.
Shared mould and production status verification.
Editorial task comparison: an adjacent equipment direction, with specific procedures checked separately. Not a transfer success rate, and real position conditions are checked separately.
Add joint processes, welds and heat source equipment training.
Shared metal materials and quality traceability.
Editorial task comparison: a cross-process direction, with training and authority not interchangeable. Not a transfer success rate, and real position conditions are checked separately.
Add cost, output and resource planning and team leadership evidence.
Shared site cooperation and exception records.
Editorial task comparison: a different responsibility level, where operating experience is not management ability. Not a transfer success rate, and real position conditions are checked separately.
Add measurement standards, inspection methods and decision authority.
Shared defect records and heat traceability.
Editorial task comparison: a quality direction; the occupation spans materials and is not metal-specific. Not a transfer success rate, and real position conditions are checked separately.
Add heat treatment processes and equipment setup, not pouring flow operation.
Shared temperature records and material status awareness.
Editorial task comparison: an adjacent thermal process, with parameters and authorization checked separately. Not a transfer success rate, and real position conditions are checked separately.
Add machine tools, drawings, dimensions and cutting knowledge.
Shared metal and quality verification habits.
Editorial task comparison: a machining direction; pouring qualifications do not permit operating machine tools. Not a transfer success rate, and real position conditions are checked separately.
Insufficient evidence: no Chinese nationwide individual wage distribution for metal pourers was obtained. The NBS2025 manufacturing figures of 113594 for non-private and 76055 for private yuan/person/year pre-tax annual averages serve only as industry background, not an individual monthly salary.
No. It is the BLS May 2025 51-4052 annual wage median, not a factory quote, a starting salary or Chinese treatment.
The BLS typical entry is a high school diploma or equivalent and medium-term on-the-job training; molten metal, lifting and equipment follow site authorization.
The 2 M batch moulds pending cleaning in the task cannot be judged pourable; the real site pauses to the process and refers to trained staff.
Molten metal splash, moisture, fume, lifting and equipment faults; real handling must follow site safety procedures.
BLS table 1.2: about 4,600 in 2025 to about 4,300 in 2035, -5.0%, with about 400 openings per year; the table net change of about -200 involves rounding.
FermatMind career content team (editorially compiled; does not claim review by foundry practitioners)
O*NET tasks and national wages, BLS table 1.2 for the separate occupation's employment; the NBS manufacturing background has a distinct object, and the four AI sources are background only.
2026-10-12: this round checked the O*NET tasks for this occupation and the separate line in BLS table 1.2; the wage percentile pages failed to load through the FL, national and WA entry points, so non-median percentiles keep the original records without re-verification. The Chinese manufacturing figures re-use the industry table verified in this round; current recruitment and measured AI occupational data are still missing.
The 20 M batch mould numbers and the debris are all editorial fictions. The 90% is only a surface-verified proportion and does not represent overall release, and the paper exercise is not a plant operating procedure.
Mould inspection, temperature measurement and sampling, pouring flow control and slag handling.
The task is not a site process or safety operating procedure.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
The task is not a site process or safety operating procedure.
2026-10-04
2025 annual wage median 51,810 USD; about 4,600 in 2025 and about 4,300 in 2035.
A net change of about -200 and -5.0%; the rounded table values cannot be used to derive exact figures.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
May 2025 wage; 2025–2035 projection
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
A net change of about -200 and -5.0%; the rounded table values cannot be used to derive exact figures.
2026-10-04
About 400 annual average openings, with typical high school and medium-term on-the-job training.
A separate US occupation, not applicable to China.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
May 2025 wage; 2025–2035 projection
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
A separate US occupation, not applicable to China.
2026-10-04
Annual wages P10/25/50/75/90=38480/45190/51810/61700/72040 USD.
The state page uses only the United States national line, and wages do not represent individual take-home pay.
BLS / O*NET OnLine
United States nationwide
May2025
contextual reference
Occupation-specific
Use only the United States line, not Florida; percentiles are not individual take-home pay or a promotion ladder.
2026-10-04
Non-private 113594 and private 76055 yuan/person/year pre-tax annual averages.
The original text re-uses materials already verified for this target; the new access attempt this round did not succeed.
National Bureau of Statistics
Chinese mainland
2025; published 2026-05-15
official industry wage statistic
Industry reference
A complete manufacturing industry average, not an individual pourer wage, pre-tax, excluding self-employed individuals and freelancers.
2026-09-26
Observe instruments, metal colour and sampling analysis.
Specific temperatures cannot be inferred from an occupation description.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
Specific temperatures cannot be inferred from an occupation description.
2026-10-04
Control the metal flow with a ladle or manual controls.
Requires site training and authorization.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
Requires site training and authorization.
2026-10-04
Ladle, nozzle, lifting and forklift cooperation.
Equipment qualifications are not automatically gained from a title.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
Equipment qualifications are not automatically gained from a title.
2026-10-04
Melting furnace operators are an adjacent separate occupation.
Wages and tasks are not lent to pourers.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
current reference
official occupation profile or statistic
contextual
Wages and tasks are not lent to pourers.
2026-09-26
Moulding and coremaking is an adjacent occupation.
Positions and training differ.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
current reference
official occupation profile or statistic
contextual
Positions and training differ.
2026-09-26
Metal die casting machine operation is an adjacent occupation.
Equipment authority and wages differ.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
current reference
official occupation profile or statistic
contextual
Equipment authority and wages differ.
2026-09-26
Cross-occupation generative AI task exposure background.
Exposure potential does not equal adoption or a job outcome.
No reviewable actual pourer replacement rate on this page.
International Labour Organization
International
2025
contextual reference
contextual
Task exposure is not measured 51-4052 adoption or layoffs.
2026-09-26
A 30-minute paper M batch; M01–M18 surfaces are verified, and the M19 mould cavity and M20 surface each have 1 debris item pending cleaning.
20=18+1+1, and the 90% is a surface-verified proportion only, with overall pouring authorization unknown.
Four dimensions for 8 points, with three log rows, a pending card and a responsibility handover that can be reviewed.
FermatMind career content team
Cross-jurisdiction paper exercise
2026-10-04
editorial fictional exercise
Editorial synthesis
Paper fiction, with no contact with real molten metal.
2026-10-04
AI600-1 generative AI governance.
Not a casting safety operating standard and gives no site equipment parameters.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
International
2024
contextual reference
contextual
Not a casting safety standard.
2026-09-26
US task impact potential.
Does not predict adoption timing and gives no layoff rate for this occupation.
Eloundou et al.
International
2023
contextual reference
contextual
Does not measure actual job impact on pourers.
2026-09-26
Employer expectations of skill and job change.
Does not replace BLS occupational projections and is not a survey of actual adoption in pouring positions.
World Economic Forum
International
2025
contextual reference
contextual
Does not replace BLS occupational projections.
2026-09-26
High-temperature metal and site equipment environment.
Dust, high temperature and lifting follow site safety rules.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
Dust, high temperature and lifting follow site safety rules.
2026-10-04
Table 1.2 annual wage median 51810 USD.
The five percentiles are on the O*NET national wage source and are not interpolated from adjacent occupations.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
May 2025 wage; 2025–2035 projection
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
Table 1.2 gives only the median; the five percentiles are on this page's O*NET national wage source.
2026-09-26
about 4,600 in 2025 and about 4,300 in 2035, a change of -5.0%.
The table net change of about -200 involves rounding.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
May 2025 wage; 2025–2035 projection
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
The table net change of about -200 involves rounding.
2026-10-04
About 400 annual average openings.
Includes replacements, not net additions.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
May 2025 wage; 2025–2035 projection
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
Includes replacements, not net additions.
2026-10-04
Typical high school diploma or equivalent.
Specific position requirements depend on the employer.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
current reference
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
Specific position requirements depend on the employer.
2026-10-04
Medium-term on-the-job training.
High-temperature and lifting specific authorization depends on the site.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
current reference
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
High-temperature and lifting specific authorization depends on the site.
2026-10-04
Moulds, sampling and ingot marking.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
Quality release follows the actual process.
2026-10-04
National annual wage quintiles 38480/45190/51810/61700/72040 USD.
BLS / O*NET OnLine
United States nationwide
May2025
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
Wage statistics do not prove AI causation or an individual contract; employment projections use table 1.2 separately.
2026-10-04
Machine control, materials and process monitoring.
Occupational samples are not individual hiring thresholds.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official occupation profile or statistic
Occupation-specific
Occupational samples are not individual hiring thresholds.
2026-10-04
Refining furnace conditions are not pouring.
Compares tasks only; the transfer suggestion is an editorial judgment and guarantees no qualification, wage or hiring.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official adjacent occupation tasks
contextual
Refining furnace conditions are not pouring.
2026-10-04
Coremaking is not metal pouring flow.
Compares tasks only; the transfer suggestion is an editorial judgment and guarantees no qualification, wage or hiring.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official adjacent occupation tasks
contextual
Coremaking is not metal pouring flow.
2026-10-04
The scope includes plastics; equipment training is checked separately.
Compares tasks only; the transfer suggestion is an editorial judgment and guarantees no qualification, wage or hiring.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official adjacent occupation tasks
contextual
The scope includes plastics; equipment training is checked separately.
2026-10-04
Joining processes differ from pouring.
Compares tasks only; the transfer suggestion is an editorial judgment and guarantees no qualification, wage or hiring.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official adjacent occupation tasks
contextual
Joining processes differ from pouring.
2026-10-04
Resource, quality and output management, not pouring operation.
Compares tasks only; the transfer suggestion is an editorial judgment and guarantees no qualification, wage or hiring.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official adjacent occupation tasks
contextual
Resource, quality and output management, not pouring operation.
2026-10-04
A cross-material occupation, not only metal.
Compares tasks only; the transfer suggestion is an editorial judgment and guarantees no qualification, wage or hiring.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official adjacent occupation tasks
contextual
A cross-material occupation, not only metal.
2026-10-04
Heat treatment is not molten metal pouring flow.
Compares tasks only; the transfer suggestion is an editorial judgment and guarantees no qualification, wage or hiring.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official adjacent occupation tasks
contextual
Heat treatment is not molten metal pouring flow.
2026-10-04
Machine tool drawings and dimensions must be learned separately.
Compares tasks only; the transfer suggestion is an editorial judgment and guarantees no qualification, wage or hiring.
O*NET OnLine
United States
current reference
official adjacent occupation tasks
contextual
Machine tool drawings and dimensions must be learned separately.
2026-10-04