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Job Description
Shape molten glass according to patterns.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-9195.04
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers”.
Also Known As…
- Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
- Press Operator
- Neon Tube Bender
- Neon Glass Bender
- Machine Operator
- Glassblower
- Glass Tube Bender
- Glass Lathe Operator
- Glass Blower
- Glass Bender
- Gaffer
- Ware Finisher
- Tube Bender
- Scientific Glass Blower
- Relief Operator
- Presser
- Neon Pumper
- Neon Glass Blower
- Molder
- Laboratory Apparatus Glass Blower
- Glassware Finisher
- Glass Worker
- Glass Forming Engineer
- Glass Blowing Lathe Operator
- Glass Blowing Instructor
- Glass Block Installer
- Glass Block Bender
- Fiber Glass Worker
- Bottle Blower
- Blow Molder
- Bender
- Artificial Glass Eye Maker
Tasks for “Machine Operator”
- Design and create glass objects, using blowpipes and artisans' hand tools and equipment.
- Spray or swab molds with oil solutions to prevent adhesion of glass.
- Set up and adjust machine press stroke lengths and pressures and regulate oven temperatures, according to glass types to be processed.
- Operate electric kilns that heat and mold glass sheets to the shape and curve of metal jigs.
- Place rubber hoses on ends of tubing and charge tubing with gas.
- Superimpose bent tubing on asbestos patterns to ensure accuracy.
- Cut lengths of tubing to specified sizes, using files or cutting wheels.
- Determine types and quantities of glass required to fabricate products.
- Repair broken scrolls by replacing them with new sections of tubing.
- Shape, bend, or join sections of glass, using paddles, pressing and flattening hand tools, or cork.
- Develop sketches of glass products into blueprint specifications, applying knowledge of glass technology and glass blowing.
- Inspect, weigh, and measure products to verify conformance to specifications, using instruments such as micrometers, calipers, magnifiers, or rulers.
- Place electrodes in tube ends and heat them with glass burners to fuse them into place.
- Strike necks of finished articles to separate articles from blowpipes.
- Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.
- Record manufacturing information, such as quantities, sizes, or types of goods produced.
- Operate and maintain finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash, or polish glass or glass products.
- Place glass into dies or molds of presses and control presses to form products, such as glassware components or optical blanks.
- Blow tubing into specified shapes to prevent glass from collapsing, using compressed air or own breath, or blow and rotate gathers in molds or on boards to obtain final shapes.
Related Technology & Tools
- Glass saws
- Dial calipers
- Glass lathes
- Propane torches
- Vacuum pumps
- Lapping wheels
- Safety gloves
- Air compressors
- Spot welders
- Tweezers
- Safety goggles
- Shears
- Laptop computers
- Electric kilns
- Precision rulers
- Glass knives
- Grinders
- Annealing ovens
- Safety glasses
- Polariscopes
- Meeker burners
- Personal computers
- Glass tongs
- Polishing wheels
- Protective respirators
- Holding clamps
- Drill presses
- Hand held magnifiers
- Vacuum ovens
- Digital micrometers
- Glass blowing pipes
- Sandblasters
- Engine lathes
- Precision files
- Cutting wheels
- Induction heaters
- Billing software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Inventory control software