Where a mouldmaker can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mouldmaker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Mouldmakers manually create moulds for the production of metal products. They mix sand and hardening materials to obtain a specialised mixture. They then use a pattern and one or more cores to produce the right shape impression in this material. The shaped material is then left to set, later to be used as a mould in the production of ferrous and non-ferrous metal castings.
Also known as foundry sand moulder, moldmaker, hand-moulded casting worker, mould maker, mold maker.
Craft and related trades workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: moulding machine operator, 84%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A mouldmaker needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- provide pouring holes in moulds handling and moving
- attend to detail in casting processes handling and moving
- insert mould structures handling and moving
- move filled moulds handling and moving
- ensure mould uniformity handling and moving
- match product moulds handling and moving
- repair mould defects handling and moving
- construct moulds handling and moving
- select mould types handling and moving
- fill moulds handling and moving
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mouldmaker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- moulding machine operator 88% covered · difficulty 13.6
- foundry operative 72% covered · difficulty 28.8
- candle maker 41% covered · difficulty 57.3
- hand brick moulder 41% covered · difficulty 57.3
- sectional belt mould assembler 41% covered · difficulty 56.4
- doll maker 35% covered · difficulty 61.4
- casting machine operator 34% covered · difficulty 61.8
- foundry moulder 31% covered · difficulty 64.1
- casting mould maker 18% covered · difficulty 74.4
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Mouldmaker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a mouldmaker’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.