Description

PRIMARY PURPOSE

Supply molders and other work areas with materials and assistance in completing tasks while maintaining work area organization and safety requirements.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

General Duties:

• Tasks include, but are not limited to:
  • Supply and hand file sand core.
  • Fill paste bottles.
  • Bandsaw or hand cut (with knife) and supply insulated riser sleeves.
  • Supply, sort and proposition iron chill blocks; manual material handling of core racks, flatbeds, wheelbarrow, hand truck, skid or pallet.
  • Forklift material handling of finished molds or loads on skids or pallets.
  • Mix sand zircon.
  • Mud cores and dip cores.
• Infrequently needed to assist with pouring duties. This will include climbing 1-2 stairs with a full ladle.

• Infrequently needed to assist with shakeout duties.
• Place shop order tickets on stacks of castings, informing supervisor where they are located.
• When necessary, mix sand for certain jobs based on work instructions.
• Maintains a clean and safe working environment.
• Transport castings to Finishing Area following handling procedures.

• Study work instructions to determine product specifications, tool requirements, and operational sequences.
• Complete daily inspections on tools and equipment, filling out forms when required to do so.
• Maintain housekeeping in the work area at the end of each shift.
• Maintain area per established 6S standards.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by supervisory or leadman personnel.

 

Shakeout Duties:

• Shakeout castings from molds on all green sand molding lines following procedures in work instructions.
• Push molds down the line to create room for the molders.
• Dip and fill fiber ladle in appropriate furnace.
• Bring full ladle to ladle stand to be skimmed.
• Walk the full ladle to mold and pour aluminum into the mold.
• Cure ladle when necessary.
• After cooling period, check hardness of aluminum before shaking out.
• When necessary, remove pouring cups after cooling, but before shakeout process.
• Put screen over shakeout grate for jobs with small chills.
• Dump the roller board, bottom pallet, and flask off the conveyor line and onto the grate once aluminum is cooled enough to remove casting from sand. (When necessary, use hoist and air hammer.)
• Pick up the roller board and bottom pallet from grate area, and then stack on flatbed.
• Pick up the flask and shake off any excess sand before stacking it on flatbed.
• Bring flat boards and flask back to molders.
• When necessary, set up roller, bottom pallet, and flask on adjacent conveyor to send back to molders.
• Scrape paste off of flasks.
• Remove casting from grate and stack evenly on pallet.
• When pallet is full, grab an additional plywood divider and center it over castings to make an additional layer or remove full pallet stacks and place on level ground.
• Remove chills from grate area and put into wheel barrow or storage bin.
• Sweep or shovel sand into grate.
• Pull full flatbed to molding area.
• Remove empty flatbed from molding area and place it by shakeout grate.

 

Duties Specific to Helpers in South No-Bake

• Assist the Melter with pouring Electric Ladles, both with a Forklift and a Hoist.
• Hand pour molds.
• Potential to be the back-up melter preferred.
• Empty the pouring lines and clean up sand after moving bottom boards out.
• Stack, sort, and distribute correct bottom boards to molders.
• Empty sand barrel from dust collector in WPM every shift.
• Forklift inspection every shift.
• Clean up sand around Reclaimer Daily.
• Empty cardboard and garbage cart every shift.
• Place patterns on the Molding loop with the Forklift.
• Remove patterns from the Molding loop with the Forklift.
• Locate patterns in Pattern storage.
• Properly return patterns, loose pieces, cups, sprues to the correct shelf in Pattern storage when job is completed.
• File cores, paint cores, and drill cores when necessary.
• Locate both Purchased and Eck produced cores, provide accurate counts when necessary.
• Gather/fill chemicals for SNB Mixer.
• Gather Acetone, Zip Slip, Refco 4260 THB, and Qset Paste, properly mix these chemicals, and log in the SNB Chem Use book for DNR.
• Locate metal returns and provide for melter.
• Return empty baskets form melt and knockout.
• Move castings from knockout to blast staging area.
• Gather chills, inserts, and risers to be sent out to Core suppliers (3-4 x per week).

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

At least one year of experience in a manufacturing setting is preferred.

 

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Highschool diploma or its equivalent is preferred.

 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

NEVER	RARELY	OCCASIONALLY	FREQUENTLY	CONSTANTLY
(0%)	(1-5%)	(5-33%)	(34-66%)	(67-100%)
	Frequency	Levels	Distance
Lifting/Carrying
Under 10 lbs.	Frequently	Varying Levels	Varies
10-20 lbs.	Occasionally	Varying Levels	Varies
21-50 lbs.	Occasionally	Varying Levels	Varies
51-100 lbs.*	Rarely	Varying Levels	Varies
over 100 lbs.*	Never	Varying Levels	Varies
Pushing/Pulling Under 10 lbs. 10-20 lbs. 21-50 lbs. 51-75 lbs.* 76-100 lbs.*	Occasionally Occasionally Occasionally Rarely Never	Varying Levels Varying Levels Varying Levels Varying Levels Varying Levels	Varies Varies Varies Varies Varies
*Hoist, crane, or other lift assistance to be used when possible; Lifting/Carrying/Pulling/Pushing items heavier than 50 lbs. is considered risky. Items weighing 70+ lbs. employee must use lift assistance.
Walking	Constantly	N/A
Standing	Constantly	N/A	N/A
Feeling	Never	N/A	N/A
Fingering (Finger Work, Picking or Pinching)	Rarely	N/A	N/A
Handling (Grasping, Holding or Turning)	Occasionally	N/A	N/A
Reaching	Frequently	N/A	N/A
Crawling	Never	N/A	N/A
Stooping	Never	N/A	N/A
Reclining	Never	N/A	N/A
Sitting	Never	N/A	N/A
Bending	Frequently	N/A	N/A
Kneeling	Never	N/A	N/A
Twisting (Torso)	Frequently	N/A	N/A
Balancing	Rarely	N/A	N/A
Driving	Occasionally	N/A	Varies (Forklift)
Climbing	Never	N/A	N/A
Extremity Movements	Frequency	R=Right / L=Left / B= Both	Yes or No
Dominant Hand Both hands: Both feet:	Frequently Frequently Occasionally	R or L B B	Yes Yes Yes
Vision	Definition	Frequency
General Sight Requirements	Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Near Vision	Clarity at 20 inches or less.	Occasionally
Mid-Range Vision	Clarity at 20 inches to 20 feet.	Constantly
Far Vision	Clarity at 20 feet or more.	Occasionally
Field of Vision	Clarity of the entire area that a person is able to see when their eyes are fixed in one position.	Frequently
Color Vision/Discrimination	The need to distinguish between colors.	Never
Hearing
Occasional interaction with internal personnel.
Speech and Language
Visual comprehension (understanding/processing written word and visual observations). Communication with co-workers and leadership (face-to-face, electronically, and telephonically)
	Environment
Work Hours	Minimum of 40 hours per week with overtime as needed.
Inside (% Value)	100%
Outside (% Value)	0%
Extreme Cold	N/A
Extreme Heat	N/A
Noise	The work environment is well lit, and the noise level is moderate but not excessive.
Hazards	Forklift Traffic Heat and hot surfaces Rolling and pinching exposures (cores, core boxes, lifting devices, etc.) Sharp objects and edges Flying and falling objects (sand, cores, plywood separators) Dust from core making and cleaning Airborne contaminants (Silica, formaldehyde, ammonia, amines, CO2, SO2, phenol, isocyanates, etc.) Toxins and Fumes. (Foundry Gaseous Chemicals and Odors)
Tools/Equipment	Company Furnishes Tools
Safety Equipment	Protective Clothing Sleeves (Cotton) Jeans (Must be in good condition, no holes) Molten rated clothing may be required depending on task. Eye and Face Protection Safety Glasses Hearing Protection Ear plugs  Foot Protection Metatarsal safety shoes Job Specific PPE can be found in the PPE Policy and the Job Safety Analysis of each position.

 

*Disclaimer: This is not necessarily a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, physical requirements, or working conditions associated with this job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands and this job description is subject to change at any time.

 

Qualifications