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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
- 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 “Relief Operator”
- Set up and adjust machine press stroke lengths and pressures and regulate oven temperatures, according to glass types to be processed.
- Shape, bend, or join sections of glass, using paddles, pressing and flattening hand tools, or cork.
- Record manufacturing information, such as quantities, sizes, or types of goods produced.
- Strike necks of finished articles to separate articles from blowpipes.
- Repair broken scrolls by replacing them with new sections of tubing.
- Design and create glass objects, using blowpipes and artisans' hand tools and equipment.
- Operate electric kilns that heat and mold glass sheets to the shape and curve of metal jigs.
- 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.
- Operate and maintain finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash, or polish glass or glass products.
- Place rubber hoses on ends of tubing and charge tubing with gas.
- Spray or swab molds with oil solutions to prevent adhesion of glass.
- Superimpose bent tubing on asbestos patterns to ensure accuracy.
- Cut lengths of tubing to specified sizes, using files or cutting wheels.
- Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.
- 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.
- Determine types and quantities of glass required to fabricate products.
- Place electrodes in tube ends and heat them with glass burners to fuse them into place.
Related Technology & Tools
- Lapping wheels
- Glass tongs
- Cutting wheels
- Safety gloves
- Electric kilns
- Precision rulers
- Tweezers
- Precision files
- Protective respirators
- Safety glasses
- Glass blowing pipes
- Sandblasters
- Air compressors
- Personal computers
- Engine lathes
- Glass saws
- Vacuum ovens
- Holding clamps
- Drill presses
- Shears
- Glass knives
- Spot welders
- Laptop computers
- Vacuum pumps
- Hand held magnifiers
- Meeker burners
- Digital micrometers
- Glass lathes
- Safety goggles
- Annealing ovens
- Polishing wheels
- Grinders
- Propane torches
- Polariscopes
- Induction heaters
- Dial calipers
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Inventory control software
- Billing software