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