Vocational Programs for Foundry Mold and Coremakers Career

The role of Foundry Mold and Coremakers is to make or form wax or sand cores or molds used in the production of metal castings in foundries..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $45,130 and $22 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Foundry Mold and Coremakers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 11,780 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Foundry Mold and Coremakers Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Foundry Mold and Coremakers. Total 9 schools are offering certificate programs.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Ironworking/Ironworker	9	-	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Foundry Mold and Coremakers Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Foundry Mold and Coremakers.

Related Occupations toFoundry Mold and Coremakers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons	540	$49,900	$24
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	20,380	$43,920	$21
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	63,370	$45,440	$22
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	9,170	$47,350	$23
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	24,750	$49,290	$24
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	179K	$44,260	$21
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	75,260	$44,450	$21
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic	2,150	$54,550	$26
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	159K	$42,060	$20
Tool and Die Makers	58,150	$62,020	$30
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	6,660	$48,520	$23
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	14,520	$45,270	$22
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	61,250	$40,360	$19
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	12,290	$41,490	$20
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	7,220	$39,260	$19
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	52,720	$44,700	$21
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	57,080	$44,610	$21
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	10,700	$44,050	$21
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	38,480	$44,710	$22
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20

Schools offering vocational programs for Foundry Mold and Coremakers

The following 9 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Foundry Mold and Coremakers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.