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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
- Artist
Tasks for “Ceramic Artist”
- Operate pug mills to blend and extrude clay.
- Maintain supplies of tools, equipment, and materials, and order additional supplies as needed.
- Operate jigger machines to form ceramic ware, such as bowls, cups, plates, and saucers.
- Verify accuracy of shapes and sizes of objects, using calipers and templates.
- 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 drying chambers to dry or finish molded ceramic ware.
- Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms.
- 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.
- Position balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels.
- Prepare work for sale or exhibition, and maintain relationships with retail, pottery, art, and resource networks that can facilitate sale or exhibition of work.
- Raise and shape clay into wares such as vases and pitchers, on revolving wheels, using hands, fingers, and thumbs.
- Mix and apply glazes, and load glazed pieces into kilns for firing.
- Smooth surfaces of finished pieces, using rubber scrapers and wet sponges.
- Teach pottery classes.
- Adjust pressures, temperatures, and trimming tool settings as required.
- Start machine units and conveyors and observe lights and gauges on panel board to verify operational efficiency.
- Move pieces from wheels so that they can dry.
- Pull wires through bases of articles and wheels to separate finished pieces.
Related Technology & Tools
- Precision rulers
- Pottery wheels
- Fettling knives
- Raku tongs
- Digital scales
- Scoring tools
- Kick wheels
- Air compressors
- Cleanup tools
- Pyrometers
- Kiln glasses
- Dust masks
- Slab rollers
- Spring scales
- Personal computers
- Portable pottery wheels
- Pug mills
- Electric kilns
- Ceramics kilns
- Oxyprobes
- Lace tools
- Hake brushes
- Clay extruders
- Clay cutters
- Mold trimming knives
- Grinding wheels
- Tile cutters
- Slip trail applicators
- Kiln gloves
- Texturing brushes
- Clay presses
- Pottery molds
- Air cleaners
- Conveyor feeding systems
- Gas kilns
- Safety glasses
- Laptop computers
- Dial calipers
- Insulated gloves
- Dipping tongs
- Hole cutters
- Triple beam balances
- Handheld sprayers
- Layout templates
- Thickness gauges
- Ball mills
- Carving spatulas
- Clay mixers
- Spray booths
- Banding wheels
- Carving tools
- Drying ovens
- Microsoft Excel
- Inventory control software
- Microsoft Outlook