Hand Brick Moulder Handicraft & Printing Workers

The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.

Types of clays and mud and their appearance, properties, reaction to fire, etc.

Clean the mould using water, grease or oil, washing and scraping them by hand.

Remove finished products from moulds and examine them in detail for anomalies.

Fill up moulds with appropriate materials and ingredient mixes.

Carry out minor repair tasks and maintenance of moulds and mould parts.

Select the appropriate type and size of mould based on the operation.

Adjust the temperature of clay baking or burning by operating the valves and the dampers in order to allow specific amounts of gas or oil to be burned.

Let the end-products to cool and dry during the correct amount of time. If necessary, hasten the drying process using kilns or delay it by allowing water to humidify the …

Prevent the casting sticking to the moulds by brushing the mould with oil, hot wax or graphite solution, according to the specification of each casting component.

Remove the extra mixture on top of the mould by using a wire.

The various sanding techniques (such as gang sanding), as well as the different sanding papers necessary for which surface.

Types of sand materials and their composition, physical characteristics, use cases and possible issues.

Check the quality of basic materials used for the production of semi-finished and finished goods by assessing some of its characteristics and, if needed, select samples to be analysed.

Construct moulds for the casting of objects in plaster, clay, glass, plastic or metal. Use casting machines and materials such as rubber, plaster or fibreglass.

Use various techniques to ensure the product quality is respecting the quality standards and specifications. Oversee defects, packaging and sendbacks of products to different production departments.

Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.

Test processed workpieces or products for basic faults.

Make use of protection equipment according to training, instruction and manuals. Inspect the equipment and use it consistently.

Assemble iron moulds using handtools to hoist and bolt sections.

Oversee uniformity of moulds; use casting equipment and tools such as hand press.

Form the moulding mixture adding specified amounts of materials, such as sand, clay, silica mud or plastic pellets, according to a fixed recipe, set up the controller of the melting …

Use lifting equipment and machines to stack weighty products such as stone slabs or bricks on portable platforms so that they can be stored and moved.

Monitor and govern the pyrometer to control the furnace temperature.

Manage different recipes of clay and mud according to the genre (such as china) or the expected strength, look, colour, tradition or innovation in the creative process.

Change moulds to match product specification. Run test samples and check for proper specifications.

Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting, to produce specified types of steel, …

Repair mould malfunctions and damage, e.g. cracks or broken edges; use hand tools, mould boxes and patterns.

Stamp products with the specified pattern or code prior to curing using handtools.