Aluminum casting master - Salary and Career
Metal Machining, Forming and Treating Supervisors

Aluminum casting master - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They coordinate, guide and train work teams for machining, forming and treating metals, in methods, production and quality processes. They organize equipment used in production processes, structuring physical arrangements and work cells. They monitor metal machining, forming and treatment processes. They guarantee the production schedule, sizing equipment availability and defining personnel according to the type, service specification, priorities and production sequence. They manage material resources, monitor the company's quality system procedures and standards. They coordinate actions aimed at the environment and work safety and prepare technical documentation.

How much does an Aluminum casting master earn

A Aluminum casting master earns between $1.533 and $9.603 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.785 and a median salary of $3.197 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 563 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Aluminum casting master

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 3.785 45.424 946 17
1º Quartile 1.533 18.394 383 7
Median Salary 3.197 38.364 799 15
3º Quartile 7.324 87.888 1.831 34
Higher Salary 9.603 115.241 2.401 44


Professional job categories

  • Workers in the production of industrial goods and services
    • metal and composite transformation workers
      • metals and composites transformation supervisors
        • metal machining, forming and treating supervisors

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Main workplaces

Metal Machining, Forming and Treating Supervisors they operate in the manufacturing of machinery, equipment and metal products, basic metallurgy, manufacturing of machinery, apparatus and materials, manufacturing and assembly of motor vehicles. They are employees with a formal contract, they work directly supervising a team of shop floor workers, under occasional supervision of engineers, in a closed environment and in day/night shift rotation. Eventually, they work in uncomfortable positions for long periods, under pressure, leading to a stressful situation, and at great heights, as is the case with the boilermaker. May be exposed to toxic materials, loud noise and particularly in the case of the foundry master, radiation and high temperatures.


What does it take to work in the field of Metal Machining, Forming and Treating Supervisors

For the exercise of these occupations, a vocational training course equivalent to complete high school is required, offered by vocational training institutions or technical schools. The full performance of activities occurs, on average, with five years of professional practice.


Functions and activities of Aluminum casting master

Metal Machining, Forming and Treating Supervisors must:

  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • ensure production schedule;
  • lead the work team;
  • monitor procedures and standards of the company's quality system;
  • work safely;
  • working safely;
  • leading a work team;
  • lead a work team;
  • demonstrate personal competencies;
  • ensure production scheduling;
  • coordinate the technical activities of the production team;
  • monitor machining, conformation and metal treatment processes;
  • organize equipment used in production processes;
  • lead work team;
  • demonstrate personal competences;
  • monitor machining, forming and metal treatment processes;
  • manage work team;
  • manage the work team;
  • document production;
  • manage material resources;
  • leading the work team;
  • monitor processes of machining, forming and treatment of metals;

  • Activities

    • isolate places that present unsafe conditions;
    • identify the potential of team components;
    • make tools and devices available;
    • manage the professional qualification of the work team;
    • control product delivery times;
    • determine the appropriate place for the execution of the equipment manufacturing process and products;
    • guide the team about organization, health and safety in the company;
    • set priorities and production sequence;
    • manage the critical points of the production process;
    • control the quality of the production process;
    • apply quality management tools;
    • sensitizing the team in the face of organizational changes in the company;
    • guide the team in methods, processes and quality in welding;
    • monitor the cleaning, conservation and maintenance of equipment;
    • interview candidates in the personnel selection process;
    • perform self-criticism;
    • follow legislation and environmental preservation standards;
    • train work team;
    • manage raw material consumption and stock;
    • develop equipment maintenance program;
    • comply with legislation and environmental preservation standards;
    • maintain discipline;
    • optimize the production process, managing bottlenecks;
    • coordinate meetings;
    • delegate activities and responsibilities;
    • identify training needs;
    • guide the team on organization, health and safety in the company;
    • maintain professional attitude and ethics;
    • search for alternatives in the sector to perform the work;
    • eliminate the causes of nonconformities;
    • prepare the execution of physical and mechanical tests;
    • arrange for the purchase of out-of-stock materials;
    • provide technical information in the development of new products and processes;
    • follow relevant legislation and regulations;
    • evaluate the effectiveness of maintenance services;
    • structuring the physical arrangement of the sector;
    • scaling equipment availability;
    • perform analysis of causes of nonconformities;
    • leader with professional authority;
    • provide information for supplier accreditation;
    • control the compliance of specified production parameters;
    • propose quality improvements;
    • provide information on the development of new raw materials, tools and devices;
    • make decisions;
    • treat the company's internal information with confidentiality;
    • assume the role of interlocutor between management and production;
    • prepare reports;
    • guide the team to carry out professional activities safely;
    • pursue self-development;
    • control the validity of equipment calibration;
    • reset parameters used in the production process;
    • predict human resources according to the workload;
    • relocate team personnel according to physical conditions;
    • monitor the production process;
    • follow relevant legislation and standards;
    • evaluate the operating conditions of the equipment;
    • advise on the storage, handling and transport of materials;
    • statistically control the process (cep);
    • develop the vacation schedule;
    • acting with consistency of actions;
    • implement corrective measures;
    • propose improvements in the production process;
    • request contracting of testing service providers;
    • participate in internal and external audits;
    • manage conflicts;
    • eliminate the causes of non-conformities;
    • communicate orally and in writing;
    • control consumption of inputs;
    • meet the technical specifications of the products;
    • maintain emotional balance;
    • stimulate the team's commitment to the company's goals;
    • isolate places with unsafe conditions;
    • consider the opinions of the team;
    • participate in the preparation of technical specification sheets for the products;
    • guide the team in the methods, production processes and quality of conformation of metals;
    • view the company's processes in a systemic way;
    • identify the personal characteristics of team members;
    • implement corrective and preventive actions of non-conformities;
    • fill in material and equipment requisition forms;
    • control material waste in production;
    • identify the potential of team members;
    • advise on the storage, handling and transportation of materials;
    • identify risk areas;
    • register non-compliance reports;
    • keep equipment in safe operating condition;
    • request support from the industrial safety area to assess unsafe conditions;
    • inspect the calibration of test equipment;
    • classify waste for recycling and disposal processes;
    • monitor qualification requirements of employees;
    • guide the team in the methods, production processes and quality of treatments of metals;
    • plan the availability of equipment according to the production flow;
    • develop partnership with qualified suppliers;
    • define personnel according to the type and specification of the service;
    • learn about the production process;
    • control compliance with specified production parameters;
    • systemic view the company's processes;
    • interpret production parameters;
    • follow the actions agreed in the cipa meetings;
    • develop an equipment maintenance program;
    • require the use of tools suitable for the type of service;
    • act with flexibility;
    • evaluate the effectiveness of preventive actions related to non- conformities;
    • guide the team in the production processes, methods and quality in the foundry ;
    • guiding the team to carry out professional activities safely;
    • work with flexibility;
    • complying with legislation and environmental preservation standards;
    • keep the team informed about the company's goals;
    • structuring work cells;
    • serve internal and external customers;
    • implement corrective and preventive actions for non-conformities;
    • prepare execution of surface treatments;
    • organize quality control records;
    • acting in an exemplary manner;
    • predict human resources depending on the workload;
    • monitor the production process;
    • implement new technologies in the production process;
    • update technical documentation;
    • participate in the preparation of procedures and work instructions;
    • evaluate the team's performance;
    • systemic view of company processes;
    • advise employees in legal and social aspects;
    • educate employees on quality responsibility;
    • require the use of individual and collective protective equipment (epi and epc);


    Sectors that hire Aluminum casting master the most in the job market

    • iron and steel foundry
    • smelting of non-ferrous metals and their alloys
    • manufacture of other machines and equipment for use in mineral extraction, parts and accessories
    • engineering services
    • manufacture of metal frames
    • manufacture of parts and accessories for the brake system of motor vehicles
    • manufacture of other metal products
    • machining, turning and welding services
    • manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
    • manufacture of batteries and accumulators for motor vehicles




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