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DOT Code: 784.361-010

Industry: hat & cap
Alternate Titles: caster; mold maker; plaster whittler; whittling-room operator

Casts plaster hat-making patterns from sample hat and shapes patterns to specified form and dimensions, using hand knife: Melts and pours thin, even layer of wax over hat to stiffen it. Presses hat into loose sand to create impression that duplicates dimensions and shape of hat. Mixes plaster powder with water and pours it into sand impression to form pattern. Lifts pattern from sand after it hardens. Whittles, cuts, and scrapes plaster from pattern with hand knife to achieve specified form and dimensions, measuring and comparing pattern with hat, using rule and tape.

GOE: 01.06.02 STRENGTH: L GED: R4 M3 L3 SVP: 7 DLU: 77