How to hire molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
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[Job title] at [Company name] [City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range] About the role [Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.] What you will do • Drill holes and cut or carve moldings and grooves in stone, according to diagrams and patterns. • Lay out designs or dimensions from sketches or blueprints on stone surfaces, freehand or by transferring them from tracing paper, using scribes or chalk and measuring instruments. • Move fingers over surfaces of carvings to ensure smoothness of finish. • Read work orders or examine parts to determine parts or sections of products to be produced. • Remove or add stencils during blasting to create differing cut depths, intricate designs, or rough, pitted finishes. • Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings. • Trim or remove excess material, using scrapers, knives, or band saws. • Verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments. What you bring • [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any] • [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: High school diploma or equivalent] • Strong monitoring, active listening, critical thinking and speaking skills • Working knowledge of fine arts, production and processing, customer and personal service and mathematics • [Anything else you would really turn someone away for] Pay and benefits [Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $22.20 an hour ($46,170 a year). [Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.] How to apply [Apply on JAI Bot. Every applicant hears back.]
Interview questions for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.
- Tell me about a time you had to drill holes and cut or carve moldings and grooves in stone, according to diagrams and patterns. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to lay out designs or dimensions from sketches or blueprints on stone surfaces, freehand or by transferring them from tracing paper, using scribes or chalk and measuring instruments. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to move fingers over surfaces of carvings to ensure smoothness of finish. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to read work orders or examine parts to determine parts or sections of products to be produced. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- How do you keep track of your own work quality during a busy shift or week? Give an example of catching a problem early.
- Tell me about a time you had to understand a request or problem that was explained poorly. How did you make sure you got it right?
- Describe a decision at work where the obvious answer was wrong. How did you work out the better choice?
- Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?
Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.
What molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic do
- Drill holes and cut or carve moldings and grooves in stone, according to diagrams and patterns.
- Lay out designs or dimensions from sketches or blueprints on stone surfaces, freehand or by transferring them from tracing paper, using scribes or chalk and measuring instruments.
- Move fingers over surfaces of carvings to ensure smoothness of finish.
- Read work orders or examine parts to determine parts or sections of products to be produced.
- Remove or add stencils during blasting to create differing cut depths, intricate designs, or rough, pitted finishes.
- Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings.
- Trim or remove excess material, using scrapers, knives, or band saws.
- Verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments.
Skills that matter most
Education, experience and outlook for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
- Typical education to start: High school diploma or equivalent (BLS)
- Training on the job: Long-term on-the-job training (BLS)
- Job outlook: +5.8% over ten years, faster than average · about 5,100 openings a year (BLS)
What to pay molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:
| State | Median yearly pay |
|---|---|
| Washington | $51,780 |
| Massachusetts | $50,550 |
| California | $49,190 |
| Wisconsin | $48,030 |
| Kansas | $47,360 |
| Texas | $40,010 |
| North Carolina | $38,190 |
| Alabama | $36,730 |
See molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic pay in every state
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