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Casting Manager

As a casting specialist, you are part of an age-old jewellery manufacturing process that has evolved to adopt innovative equipment and technology.

You understand the traditional processes of lost wax casting, centrifugal casting, vacuum casting, investment casting, die casting and evaporative casting as well as vulcanising processes to create moulds from metal masters, resin, wax and physical objects.

You are also comfortable with 3D printing and rapid prototyping for reproducing a master pattern for batch or mass production.

Your duties might include:

• Sawing off metal castings
• Buffing metal castings
• Laser welding and repairing castings
• Wax sizing
• Treeing-up models for casting
• Quality control

You need basic bench skills, such as sawing and filing. You also need to:

• Work in a team to deliver work on time to customers and workshops

• Operate casting machines

• Wax, invest and prep products ready for burnout

• Perform the investment process

• Be involved in treeing up

• Follow the devesting process

• Carry out burn outs

• Understand the properties of silver, gold and platinum alloys

• Perform mould cutting and preparation

As casting manager, your casting shop role broadens as you take on more responsibility for the casting operation, advise clients and work to make efficiencies.

Length of Training

0-2 Years

Salary Expectations

£15,000+

Qualification Requirements

Experience

2 years casting experience.

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of casting, investment techniques and mould preparation

• Knowledge and experience of centrifugal casting or vacuum casting

• Understand casting with silver, gold, platinum and palladium

• Experience of different burnout cycles

• Understand 3D printing and associated technology

• Understand the jewellery production process

Skills

• Strong troubleshooting skills• Intuitive and full of ideas to improve key processes

Personal Attributes

• Effectively manage workflows and meet key deadlines

• Excellent attention to detail

• Focus on the task

• Work quickly and efficiently

• Strive to achieve the best result

• Great work ethic

• Strong communicator

• Can-do attitude

• Critical thinker and problem solver

• Team player with great interpersonal skills

• Methodical and tidy worker

• Passionate about your work

Qualification Requirements

You have a technical background from a specific setting apprenticeship, technical training or HND.

Role Also Called

Casting manager

3D print manager, 3D manager, Senior casting technician

Casting Manager

Length of Training

Salary Expectations

Qualification Requirements

Experience

Knowledge

Skills

Personal Attributes

Qualification Requirements

Role Also Called

Shine Bright