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Job Description
Operate production machines such as pug mill, jigger machine, or potter's wheel to process clay in manufacture of ceramic, pottery and stoneware products.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-9195.05
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Potters, Manufacturing”.
Also Known As…
- Potters, Manufacturing
- Production Potter
- Potter
- Jigger Machine Operator
- Jigger Artisan
- Glazer
- Clay Mixer
- Thrower
- Studio Potter
- Sculptor
- Press Operator
- Pottery Machine Operator
- Pot Maker
- Mold Maker
- Model Maker
- Model and Mold Maker
- Jiggerman
- Etcher
- Clay Artist
- Clay Artisan
- Ceramic Artist
Tasks for “Artist”
- Verify accuracy of shapes and sizes of objects, using calipers and templates.
- Maintain supplies of tools, equipment, and materials, and order additional supplies as needed.
- Raise and shape clay into wares such as vases and pitchers, on revolving wheels, using hands, fingers, and thumbs.
- Pull wires through bases of articles and wheels to separate finished pieces.
- Press thumbs into centers of revolving clay to form hollows, and press on the inside and outside of emerging clay cylinders with hands and fingers, gradually raising and shaping clay to desired forms and sizes.
- Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms.
- Operate jigger machines to form ceramic ware, such as bowls, cups, plates, and saucers.
- Smooth surfaces of finished pieces, using rubber scrapers and wet sponges.
- Prepare work for sale or exhibition, and maintain relationships with retail, pottery, art, and resource networks that can facilitate sale or exhibition of work.
- Operate drying chambers to dry or finish molded ceramic ware.
- Mix and apply glazes, and load glazed pieces into kilns for firing.
- Start machine units and conveyors and observe lights and gauges on panel board to verify operational efficiency.
- Examine finished ware for defects and measure dimensions, using rule and thickness gauge.
- Perform test-fires of pottery to determine how to achieve specific colors and textures.
- Adjust wheel speeds according to the feel of the clay as pieces enlarge and walls become thinner.
- Operate pug mills to blend and extrude clay.
- Position balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels.
- Move pieces from wheels so that they can dry.
- Teach pottery classes.
- Adjust pressures, temperatures, and trimming tool settings as required.
Related Technology & Tools
- Lace tools
- Spray booths
- Clay presses
- Slab rollers
- Gas kilns
- Kiln glasses
- Dipping tongs
- Conveyor feeding systems
- Cleanup tools
- Safety glasses
- Triple beam balances
- Dial calipers
- Ceramics kilns
- Ball mills
- Texturing brushes
- Drying ovens
- Banding wheels
- Hake brushes
- Clay cutters
- Oxyprobes
- Portable pottery wheels
- Handheld sprayers
- Fettling knives
- Pottery wheels
- Layout templates
- Kick wheels
- Carving spatulas
- Electric kilns
- Laptop computers
- Raku tongs
- Pottery molds
- Air compressors
- Slip trail applicators
- Scoring tools
- Carving tools
- Air cleaners
- Personal computers
- Hole cutters
- Grinding wheels
- Precision rulers
- Kiln gloves
- Clay extruders
- Digital scales
- Pug mills
- Thickness gauges
- Dust masks
- Spring scales
- Insulated gloves
- Clay mixers
- Tile cutters
- Mold trimming knives
- Pyrometers
- Inventory control software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel