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Career Details :: Model and Mold Makers, Jewelry
Description
Make models or molds to create jewelry items.
Experience
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Education
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.
Tasks
- Removes mold from cast article, cleans mold, and applies shellac and dry powder to preserve mold for reuse.
- Writes or modifies design specifications, such as content, weight, and material to be used to cast article.
- Constructs preliminary model of wax, metal, clay, or plaster, forms sample casting in mold, and measures casting to verify dimensions.
- Builds sand mold in flask, following pattern, and heats flask using furnace or torch to dry and harden mold.
- Cuts design in mold or other material to be used as model to fabricate metal and jewelry products.
- Carves, chisels, scrapes, and files plaster, wax, or other plastic materials to make mold or model, according to design specifications.
- Examines and measures metal parts for conformance to design specifications on scale drawing.
- Lays out design on metal stock and cuts along markings to fabricate pieces used to cast metal molds.
- Fits, secures, and solders halves of molds together and drills holes in mold to attach handles and allow gases to escape during casting.
- Presses model into clay and builds up clay around exposed parts of model to retain plaster.
- Computes cost of labor and material to determine production cost of products and articles.
- Mixes or melts clay, metal, plaster, wax, or other material and pours material into mold to cast model or mold.
- Modifies, sharpens, repairs, or fabricates jigs, fixtures, and hand tools, such as scrapers, cutter, gougers, and shapers.
- Polishes metal surfaces and products, using abrasive wheel.
Related Careers
- Bench Workers, Jewelry
- Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
- Pewter Casters and Finishers
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People
- Thinking Creatively
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Objective or Subjective Information
- Indoors
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
Related Majors
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| Art Studio | [ add ] |
| Art Theory/Practice | [ add ] |
| Art/Architecture | [ add ] |
| Art/Art History | [ add ] |
| Art/Business | [ add ] |
| Art/Communication | [ add ] |
| Art/Computer Animation | [ add ] |
| Art/Design | [ add ] |
| Art/Fine Arts | [ add ] |
| Art/Graphic Design | [ add ] |
| Art/Painting/Printing/Sculpture | [ add ] |
| Art/Photography | [ add ] |
| Art/Technology Studies | [ add ] |
| Art/Video | [ add ] |
| Arts | [ add ] |
| Creative/Visual Arts | [ add ] |
| Digital Art/Design | [ add ] |
| Digital Arts/Multimedia Design | [ add ] |
| Electronic Arts | [ add ] |
| Electronic Integrated Arts | [ add ] |
| Film/Art | [ add ] |
| History of Decorative Arts | [ add ] |
| Illustration/Visual Essay | [ add ] |
| Interdisciplinary Arts | [ add ] |
| Jewelry/Metalsmithing | [ add ] |
| Metalcrafts/Jewelry | [ add ] |
| Metals/Jewelry | [ add ] |
| Metalsmithing | [ add ] |
| Studio Art | [ add ] |
| Studio Arts | [ add ] |
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