Takeover Tracker
32%medium risk
Foundry Mold and Coremakers
vs

41 shared · 7 different

core competencies

20%low risk
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricFoundry Mold and CoremakersRefractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
Risk Score31.5%20.1%
Risk TierMedium RiskLow Risk
Risk Percentile48th7th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)5 / 132 / 15
Median Salary$45,700$58,540
Employment13K1K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Controlling Machines and Processes
Mechanical
Gross Body Equilibrium
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
Static Strength
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Operation Monitoring

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Foundry Mold and Coremakers

25%

total discount

Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

25%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Foundry Mold and Coremakers

5 of 13 at risk
61%Sprinkle or spray parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to facilitate removal of patterns from molds.
59%Tend machines that bond cope and drag together to form completed shell molds.
53%Cut spouts, runner holes, and sprue holes into molds.
51%Operate ovens or furnaces to bake cores or to melt, skim, and flux metal.
51%Position patterns inside mold sections and clamp sections together.

Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

2 of 15 at risk
53%Transfer clay structures to curing ovens, melting tanks, and drawing kilns, using forklifts.
51%Mix specified amounts of sand, clay, mortar powder, and water to form refractory clay or mortar, using shovels or mixing machines.
49%Fasten stopper heads to rods with metal pins to assemble refractory stoppers used to plug pouring nozzles of steel ladles.
49%Dump and tamp clay in molds, using tamping tools.
47%Measure furnace walls to determine dimensions and cut required number of sheets from plastic block, using saws.

Wage Comparison

Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons earns +$12,840(+28%) vs Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Foundry Mold and CoremakersRefractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
10th
$36,220$37,050
25th
$39,370$48,380
Median
$45,700$58,540
75th
$51,360$73,940
90th
$61,390$81,440

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Foundry Mold and Coremakers2028–2035
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than Foundry Mold and Coremakers.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

Salary weighted by displacement risk: salary × (1 − risk%)

Foundry Mold and Coremakers

$31,300

from $45,700

Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

$46,768

from $58,540

After adjusting for AI risk, Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons offers $15,468 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Foundry

0

Unique to Refractory

Combined Protection Strategy

Regardless of which path you choose, focus on these protective factors

Fine Manipulation
Creativity
Social Intelligence
Decision Complexity
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