PATTERNMAKER & MOULDER COREMAKER APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING VICTORIA
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Enjoy Technical Work, Physically Fit, Good Hand Eye Coordination, Able to Work as Part of a Team.
Qualification
Certificate III in Engineering
Employment
Full Time
Duration:
48 months (full time), including 120 days of trade school training
Prospects:
Many positions available due to the small number of active apprentices in the field.
About Patternmakers
In the process of casting, a pattern is a replica of the object to be cast, used to prepare the cavity into which molten material will be poured during the casting process. Patterns used in sand casting may be made of wood, metal, plastics or other materials. Patterns are made to exacting standards of construction, so that they can last for a reasonable length of time, according to the quality grade of the pattern being built, and so that they will repeatably provide a dimensionally acceptable casting. The making of patterns, called patternmaking (sometimes styled pattern-making or pattern making), is a skilled trade that is related to the trades of tool and die making and moldmaking, but also often incorporates elements of fine woodworking. Patternmakers (sometimes styled pattern-makers or pattern makers) learn their skills through apprenticeships and trade schools over many years of experience. Although an engineer may help to design the pattern, it is usually a patternmaker who executes the design.
About Moulder Coremakers
Are employed in both large and small businesses called foundries. Moulder Coremakers work in two areas. They make moulds and cores and produce castings. Castings are made of cast iron or other materials. Many parts such as car engine blocks, plumbing fittings, hand tools, railway lines, etc. are made by casting. To produce the shape you want requires a mould and often a core. Just in the same way you could not make jelly without a jelly mould. Cores make holes or cavities in the part needed. A small number of machines are used to make the moulds and cores. Most work is done using hand skills to build moulds and cores out of sand. Casting involves the pouring of molten metals into the mould. This work is highly mechanised and strict safety measures are taken.
Tasks undertaken could include:· Making moulds and cores and produce castings· Manufacturing cast irons for car engines blocks and other fittings· Operate machinery and hand tools used to make cores and moulds· Working with molten metals
