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Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Make or form wax or sand cores or molds used in the production of metal castings in foundries.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Clean and smooth molds, cores, and core boxes, and repair surface imperfections.Mostly human for now
- 02Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.Mostly human for now
- 03Position patterns inside mold sections, and clamp sections together.Mostly human for now
- 04Position cores into lower sections of molds, and reassemble molds for pouring.Mostly human for now
- 05Sprinkle or spray parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to facilitate removal of patterns from molds.Mostly human for now
- 06Form and assemble slab cores around patterns, and position wire in mold sections to reinforce molds, using hand tools and glue.Mostly human for now
- 07Move and position workpieces, such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signal others to move workpieces.Mostly human for now
- 08Lift upper mold sections from lower sections, and remove molded patterns.Mostly human for now
- 09Cut spouts, runner holes, and sprue holes into molds.Mostly human for now
- 10Tend machines that bond cope and drag together to form completed shell molds.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
0%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 0% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 87% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Clean and smooth molds, cores, and core boxes, and repair surface imperfections.
- Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.
- Position patterns inside mold sections, and clamp sections together.