Glossary
Molder and Caster Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential molder and caster terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key molder and caster vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in molder and caster training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Cultured marble
- Cast stone product.
- Cure
- Gain strength.
- First article
- First part checked before a run.
- Honeycombing
- Voids in concrete.
- Lockout/tagout
- Energy isolation before servicing.
- PPE
- Personal protective equipment.
- Precast
- Concrete cast off-site.
- Prestressed
- Concrete with tensioned strands.
- Rebar
- Reinforcing steel.
- Release agent
- Prevents sticking.
- Scrap
- Parts that fail inspection.
- Slump
- Concrete workability.
- SOP
- Standard operating procedure.
- Stripping
- Removing from molds.
- Vibration
- Removes air.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Molder and Caster practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Molder and Caster training.
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