Metal Casting, Forging and Finishing Trades

Key Tasks

• •Selecting metal stock for job requirements
• •Heating metal in forges and furnaces and hammering, punching and cutting metal using hand tools and machine presses
• •Tempering and hardening finished articles by quenching in oil or water baths or by cooling gradually in air
• •Preparing electrolytic and silver solutions for electroforming, and applying solution to the objects to be coated
• •Setting and adjusting controls to regulate electric current and depositing of coating on objects
• •Preparing horses' hooves for shoeing, nailing horseshoes to hooves, and trimming hooves
• •Cutting, trimming, shaping and smoothing stock to form mould patterns
• •Filling boxes with sand and setting patterns in place, and pouring molten metal into moulds
• •Applying refractory paint and positioning cores in moulds
• •Finishing metal and articles by polishing and buffing and applying shellac, lacquer, paint and other finishes

Employment Projections to 2034