Candle maker
Also searched as: Fabricante de velas de cera
Code 7319.1
What does a Candle maker do?
Candle makers mold candles, place the wick in the middle of the mold and fill the mold with wax, by hand or machine. They remove the candle from the mold, scrape off excess wax and inspect the candle for any deformities.
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Essential skills
Knowledge
- types of waxes
- candle making techniques
Skills and competences
- grade candles
- control temperature
- melt wax
- cool candles in baths
- extract products from moulds
- construct moulds
- drip candles
- ensure conformity to specifications
- insert wick
- fill moulds
- shape candles
- tend wax bleaching machinery
- dye candles
- use moulding techniques
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences