How to become a metal melter or caster or rolling mill operator

Official title: Metal melter/caster/rolling mill operator

Also called: Bar mill roller, Blast furnaceman (ore smelting), Centrifugal casting machine operator, Continuous mill roller (steel), Continuous rod casting machine operator (non-ferrous metal), Cupola furnaceman, Die casting machine operator, Furnace charger (metal melting and reheating), Furnace charger (ore smelting and refining), Furnace tapper (metal melting), Furnace tapper (ore smelting and refining), Furnaceman (steel converting)

Metal melter/caster/rolling mill operator operates, monitors, adjusts and maintains single-function machinery and equipment to process and convert mineral ores, cast or roll metals.

Main tasks

• Setting up, preparing and adjusting metal processing machinery to carry out one step in the overall mineral ores or cast metals or roll metals processing
• Operating single-function machinery to convert, cast or roll metals and mineral ores
• Observing gauges, meters, computer printouts, video monitors and products to ensure correct operation of machine and verify specified processing conditions
• Adjusting equipment, valves, pumps, controls and process equipment
• Controlling process start-up and shut-down, troubleshooting and monitoring outside process equipment
• Verifying equipment for malfunctions, carrying out routine operating tests and arranging for maintenance
• Analysing sample products, performing tests, recording data and writing production logs

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $32,052 a year. The middle half earn $30,816 to $36,000 a year.
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How much does a metal melter or caster or rolling mill operator earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $32,052 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $30,816 to $36,000.

Will AI change the work of a metal melter or caster or rolling mill operator?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026