2.8Low RiskShortage
Metal Casting, Forging and Finishing Trades
Automotive and Engineering Trades Workers · Fabrication Engineering Trades Workers
AI exposure measures how much this occupation's tasks may change. It is not the probability that the job will disappear.
Personalise this result for the work you actually do →Low Risk
Median Weekly Pay
N/A
Full-time workers
Employment
2,900
Total workers
10yr Growth
+4.8%
Projected to 2035
Shortage Status
Shortage
Key Insight
Metal Casting, Forging and Finishing Trades is IN SHORTAGE and has LOW AI risk — a strong outlook for workers in this field.
JSA Official AI Exposure
Automation18.0%
Augmentation52.0%
Key Tasks
- •Selecting metal stock for job requirements
- •Heating metal in forges and furnaces and hammering, punching and cutting metal using hand tools and machine presses
- •Tempering and hardening finished articles by quenching in oil or water baths or by cooling gradually in air
- •Preparing electrolytic and silver solutions for electroforming, and applying solution to the objects to be coated
- •Setting and adjusting controls to regulate electric current and depositing of coating on objects
- •Preparing horses' hooves for shoeing, nailing horseshoes to hooves, and trimming hooves
- •Cutting, trimming, shaping and smoothing stock to form mould patterns
- •Filling boxes with sand and setting patterns in place, and pouring molten metal into moulds
- •Applying refractory paint and positioning cores in moulds
- •Finishing metal and articles by polishing and buffing and applying shellac, lacquer, paint and other finishes
Employment Projections to 2035
Median Age
39
Female Share
N/A
Part-Time Share
N/A
Skill Level
3 / 5