A professional who shapes and smooths metal surfaces to finish molds, using handtools. Responsibilities include:

• Lifts partially completed mold half with hoist, and positions and secures in holding fixture.
• Removes burrs and smooths contoured surfaces with powered hand grinder.
• Positions and hammers specified handtool against mold surface to make sharper impression.
• Verifies contour of impression with templates.
• Applies blue pigment to mold surfaces, and presses mold halves together manually to locate high spots.
• Fits and installs nameplate in mold, using handtools.
• Inserts preformed metal tabs into slots in mold, verifies height of each insert with preset dial indicator, and hammers mold metal around inserts with pneumatic hammer to secure them.
• Performs other hand scraping, sanding, and brushing tasks, using handtools, to shape and smooth mold.
• May make own handtools.