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NOC 2021 · 94101 · TEER 4
NOC 94101: Foundry workers
NOC 94101 is a TEER 4 occupation. TEER 4 and 5 work does not count for Express Entry, but some provincial and pilot programs accept it.
4
TEER level
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Express Entry programs that accept it
0
2026 Express Entry categories
87
Official job titles under this code
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Foundry workers make foundry moulds and cores by hand or machine, cast molten metal, and operate furnaces in the foundry industry. They are employed by metal foundries and foundry departments of metal products manufacturing companies.
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Job titles filed under this code
Official example titles
- bench moulder - foundry
- casting machine operator - foundry
- ceramic mouldmaker - foundry
- die-casting machine operator
- foundry worker
- furnace operator - foundry
- manual moulder
- melter - foundry
- pit moulder
- sand coremaker
- sand moulder
Not this code
Close occupations that have their own code
- Continuous casting operator - primary metal processing → 93100 Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing
- Foundry labourer → 95100 Labourers in mineral and metal processing
- Foundry supervisor → 92010 Supervisors, mineral and metal processing
- Furnace operator - primary metal and mineral products processing → 93100 Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Mouldmakers and coremakers
- Make and repair sand moulds using patterns, moulding boxes, sand and hand tools following bench, floor or pit moulding methods
- Operate ovens to dry moulds
- Make cores for use inside moulds to form holes or void spaces in castings using core boxes, sand, hammer and wire or other reinforcing material
- Coat cores with protective materials and bake cores in oven
- Set up, adjust and operate various mouldmaking and coremaking machines to make sand and ceramics moulds and cores
- May pour molten metal into moulds to produce metal castings.
Metal casters
- Set up and operate various casting machines to cast ferrous and non-ferrous metal products; hand ladle and pour molten metal into moulds to produce castings.
Foundry furnace operators
- Operate furnaces used to melt metals for moulding and casting.
What this code means for Express Entry
FSWNot accepted
FSW needs TEER 0–3 work.
CECNot accepted
CEC needs TEER 0–3 work.
FSTNot accepted
Not in a Federal Skilled Trades group.
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Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is required.
- Several weeks of on-the-job training are required.
Good to know
- There is some mobility between workers in this unit group.
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
Codes in the same group
| NOC | Occupation | TEER |
|---|---|---|
| 94100 | Machine operators, mineral and metal processing | 4 |
| 94102 | Glass forming and finishing machine operators and glass cutters | 4 |
| 94103 | Concrete, clay and stone forming operators | 4 |
| 94104 | Inspectors and testers, mineral and metal processing | 4 |
| 94105 | Metalworking and forging machine operators | 4 |
| 94106 | Machining tool operators | 4 |
| 94107 | Machine operators of other metal products | 4 |