Career path
The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
59 skills listed by ESCO, 32 of them essential. 59 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 59, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| assemble metal parts | skill | essential | 3 |
| attend to detail in casting processes | skill | essential | 3 |
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The skills and tools people in this kind of job use, at the level each is usually asked for.
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| construct cores | skill | essential | 3 |
| construct moulds | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure coquille uniformity | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure core uniformity | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure mould uniformity | skill | essential | 3 |
| extract products from coquilles | skill | essential | 3 |
| extract products from moulds | skill | essential | 3 |
| fill moulds | skill | essential | 3 |
| handle metal work orders | skill | essential | 3 |
| insert coquille structures | skill | essential | 3 |
| insert core structures | skill | essential | 3 |
| insert mould structures | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain coquille parts | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain core parts | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain cores | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain moulds | skill | essential | 3 |
| match product moulds | skill | essential | 3 |
| mix moulding and casting material | skill | essential | 3 |
| move filled coquilles | skill | essential | 3 |
| move filled moulds | skill | essential | 3 |
| position core workpieces | skill | essential | 3 |
| pour molten metal into cores | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide pouring holes in cores | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide pouring holes in moulds | skill | essential | 3 |
| repair coquille defects | skill | essential | 3 |
| repair core defects | skill | essential | 3 |
| repair mould defects | skill | essential | 3 |
| select coquille types | skill | essential | 3 |
| select mould types | skill | essential | 3 |
| troubleshoot | skill | essential | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 2 |
| communicate using non-verbal language | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Communication | competency | desirable | 2 |
| construct coquilles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| coordinate coremaking shifts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| coordinate mouldmaking shifts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| cut metal products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| ferrous metal processing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| follow manufacturing work schedule | skill | desirable | 2 |
| insert reinforcement in mould | skill | desirable | 2 |
| jewellery processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage time in casting processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manufacturing of jewellery | skill | desirable | 2 |
| mark a metal workpiece | skill | desirable | 2 |
| mark processed workpiece | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor gauge | skill | desirable | 2 |
| non-ferrous metal processing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate metal heating equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate smelter | skill | desirable | 2 |
| precious metal processing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prepare scientific reports | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | desirable | 2 |
| record production data for quality control | skill | desirable | 2 |
| remove finished casts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| smooth burred surfaces | skill | desirable | 2 |
| supervise work | skill | desirable | 2 |
| types of metal | skill | desirable | 2 |
| types of metal manufacturing processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| types of plastic | skill | desirable | 2 |
| various types of sand | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | desirable | 1 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 1 |