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Caster - Concrete Products

Employer

Sculptural Design Inc.

Date Posted

November 18, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $25.00 to $27.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Dec 18, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Sculptural Design Inc.

Languages

English

Education

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years

Work site environment

  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Dusty
  • Hot

Tasks

  • Construct clay models and moulds for use in casting concrete products
  • Operate blade or wire saws to cut blocks of stone to specified dimensions
  • Record manufacturing information such as quantity, size and type of goods produced
  • Set up and operate automatic machines that mix ingredients, extrude tempered clay mixture and cut extruded clay into sections
  • Set up, adjust and operate single-function machines to mix, drill, grind and cut concrete to specifications
  • Build and repair wooden frames used to mould concrete products
  • Check products for quality control
  • Operate machines to grind and polish surfaces of stone blocks, slabs or other stone products to specific shape or design and to produce a smooth finish
  • Perform ongoing machine adjustments
  • Fill moulds with concrete
  • Read blueprint, schemas and drawings
  • Operate machines to drill holes in blocks or slabs of stone according to specifications
  • Finish stone products with spray paint and by mounting plaques or installing concrete bases
  • Remove castings from moulds
  • Finish surfaces of castings using screed or trowel

Transportation/travel information

Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Excellent oral communication
  • Team player

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
  • Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition

Supports for visible minorities

Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Caster - Concrete Products is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Stone Forming and Finishing Workers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating machines to grind and polish surfaces of stone blocks, slabs and other stone products to specific shapes and designs, and to produce smooth finishes; in finishing stone products with spray paint and in mounting plaques and installing concrete bases

METHODICAL

Interest in copying information to operate blade and wire saws to cut blocks of stone to specified dimensions, and to operate machines to drill holes in blocks and slabs of stone according to specifications

innovative

Interest in operating sandblasting equipment to cut inscriptions and decorative designs on monument stones

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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