foundry worker

Additional Information

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Noisy

Tasks

• Make sand moulds using patterns, moulding boxes, sand and hand tools following bench, floor or pit moulding methods
• Operate ovens to dry moulds
• Pour molten metal into moulds to produce metal castings
• Make cores for use in moulds to form holes or void spaces in castings
• Set up, adjust and operate various casting machines
• Set up and operate casting machines to cast ferrous or non ferrous metal products
• Operate furnaces used to melt metals for moulding and casting

Security and safety

• Bondable
• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Team player
• Excellent oral communication
• Reliability
• Organized
• Time management

Screening questions

• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week