Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots.

Other names for Pourers and Casters, Metal: Aluminum Pourer, Billet Header, Buggy Ladle Tender, Bull Ladle Tender, Busher, Caster, Caster Operator, Casting Machine Operator, Die Cast Operator (DCO), Direct Chill Caster (DC Caster), Furnace Operator, General Foundry Worker, Header, Ingot Header, Iron Pourer, Ladle Car Operator, Ladle Filler, Ladle Operator, Ladle Pourer, Ladle Puller, Ladler, Lead Caster, Lead Pourer, Melter, Melter - Caster, Metal Handler, Mold Maker, Molten Iron Pourer, Pourer, Pourer Off, Steel Pourer, Third Steel Pourer, Tin Pourer, White Metal Caster,

• Remove metal ingots or cores from molds, using hand tools, cranes, and chain hoists.
• Transport metal ingots to storage areas, using forklifts.
• Stencil identifying information on ingots and pigs, using special hand tools.
• Repair and maintain metal forms and equipment, using hand tools, sledges, and bars.
• Collect samples, or signal workers to sample metal for analysis.
• Pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds and forms to produce ingots or other castings, using ladles or hand-controlled mechanisms.
• Read temperature gauges and observe color changes; then adjust furnace flames, torches, or electrical heating units as necessary to melt metal to specifications.
• Examine molds to ensure they are clean, smooth, and properly coated.
• Position equipment such as ladles, grinding wheels, pouring nozzles, or crucibles, or signal other workers to position equipment.
• Skim slag or remove excess metal from ingots or equipment, using hand tools, strainers, rakes, or burners; collect scrap for recycling.
• Turn valves to circulate water through cores, or spray water on filled molds to cool and solidify metal.
• Add metal to molds to compensate for shrinkage.
• Pull levers to lift ladle stoppers and to allow molten steel to flow into ingot molds to specified heights.
• Load specified amounts of metal and flux into furnaces or clay crucibles.
• Remove solidified steel or slag from pouring nozzles, using long bars or oxygen burners.
• Assemble and embed cores in casting frames, using hand tools and equipment.