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Career Details : Pewter Casters and Finishers

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Description

Cast and finish pewter alloy to form parts for goblets, candlesticks, and other pewterware.

Experience

A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

  • Strikes mold to separate dried casting from mold.
  • Fills casting mold to form parts.
  • Carries castings or finished item to storage area or next workstation.
  • Designs, drafts, and fabricates models of new casting molds and chipping and turning tools used to finish surface of products.
  • Positions and aligns auxiliary part in jig and joins parts, using solder and blowtorch.
  • Weighs and mixes alloy ingredients.
  • Determines placement of auxiliary parts, such as handle and spout, and marks locations of parts.
  • Researches reference materials, analyzes production data, and consults with interested parties to develop ideas for new products.
  • Sands inside of mold parts, applies glaze to inside surface of mold, and assembles mold.
  • Heats ingots or alloy mixture and skims off impurities.
  • Rotates mold to distribute alloy in mold and to prevent formation of air pockets.
  • Weighs completed item to determine deviation from specified weight and records weight.
  • Secures molded item in chuck of lathe, activates lathe, and finishes inner and outer surfaces of item.
  • Engraves decorative lines on item, using engraving tool.
  • Routes out location of part and solder path where part is joined to item, using routing machine.

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    • Indoors
    • Objective or Subjective Information
    • Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
    • Degree of Automation
    • Importance of Being Sure All Is Done

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