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Foundry Moulder resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what foundry moulders actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most foundry moulders should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Foundry moulder with hands-on experience preparing sand moulds and cores, pouring molten metal and finishing castings for mining, transport and construction customers. Works safely around heat, dust and heavy materials, and keeps dimensional accuracy and surface finish consistent across production runs. Comfortable reading patterns and specifications and operating moulding boxes, sand mixers, ladles and furnaces.
Key skills
- Sand moulding and core making from patterns
- Ramming, venting and closing mould boxes
- Furnace operation and molten metal pouring
- Casting knockout, cleaning and finishing
- Dimensional inspection and defect identification
- Reading engineering drawings and pattern specifications
- Moulding boxes, flasks and sand mullers
- Foundry ladles, furnaces and heat treatment equipment
- SOLIDWORKS and MAGMASOFT for pattern and solidification review
- Worksite safety management and WHS compliance
- Overhead crane and forklift operation
- Attention to detail and problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Prepared and rammed sand moulds around patterns, maintaining consistent compaction to reduce sand drop and casting defects.
- Set cores and closed mould boxes, checking alignment and venting before each pour to keep dimensional accuracy within tolerance.
- Poured molten metal from ladles into prepared moulds, monitoring temperature and pour rate to produce sound castings.
- Knocked out and cleaned finished castings, removing gates and feeders and finishing surfaces to drawing specifications.
- Inspected castings for blowholes, shrinkage and dimensional variance, tagging non-conforming items for rework or scrap.
- Operated sand mullers, mixers and moulding machines, carrying out pre-start checks and routine maintenance to keep production running.
- Worked to WHS procedures around molten metal, heavy loads and dust, contributing to a safe foundry floor.
- Trained and mentored new moulders in core setting and closing techniques, improving team consistency across shifts.
Education
Certificate III in Engineering (Foundry Moulding) or equivalent trade qualification, often gained through an apprenticeship; some workers enter with Year 12 and on-the-job training, and a smaller number hold a Certificate IV or Diploma in manufacturing or engineering.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Foundry Moulder
- Sand Moulding
- Core Making
- Metal Pouring
- Casting Inspection
- WHS
- Certificate III in Engineering (Foundry Moulding)
- Apprenticeship
- Green Sand
- Resin Bonded Sand
- Moulding Boxes
- Flasks
- Ladles
- Furnaces
- Overhead Crane
- Forklift Licence
- ISO 9001
- SOLIDWORKS
- MAGMASOFT
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.