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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 “Jigger Artisan”
- Smooth surfaces of finished pieces, using rubber scrapers and wet sponges.
- Operate drying chambers to dry or finish molded ceramic ware.
- Perform test-fires of pottery to determine how to achieve specific colors and textures.
- Teach pottery classes.
- Position balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels.
- 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.
- 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.
- Move pieces from wheels so that they can dry.
- Mix and apply glazes, and load glazed pieces into kilns for firing.
- Adjust wheel speeds according to the feel of the clay as pieces enlarge and walls become thinner.
- Adjust pressures, temperatures, and trimming tool settings as required.
- Raise and shape clay into wares such as vases and pitchers, on revolving wheels, using hands, fingers, and thumbs.
- Prepare work for sale or exhibition, and maintain relationships with retail, pottery, art, and resource networks that can facilitate sale or exhibition of work.
- Pull wires through bases of articles and wheels to separate finished pieces.
- 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.
- Operate pug mills to blend and extrude clay.
Related Technology & Tools
- Clay mixers
- Safety glasses
- Slab rollers
- Personal computers
- Dust masks
- Handheld sprayers
- Lace tools
- Clay extruders
- Thickness gauges
- Cleanup tools
- Triple beam balances
- Insulated gloves
- Digital scales
- Dipping tongs
- Pottery wheels
- Mold trimming knives
- Kiln gloves
- Dial calipers
- Texturing brushes
- Tile cutters
- Carving tools
- Clay cutters
- Carving spatulas
- Kiln glasses
- Pug mills
- Laptop computers
- Pottery molds
- Scoring tools
- Drying ovens
- Gas kilns
- Hake brushes
- Oxyprobes
- Pyrometers
- Precision rulers
- Raku tongs
- Layout templates
- Fettling knives
- Banding wheels
- Portable pottery wheels
- Spring scales
- Air compressors
- Grinding wheels
- Slip trail applicators
- Spray booths
- Air cleaners
- Electric kilns
- Ceramics kilns
- Clay presses
- Hole cutters
- Kick wheels
- Ball mills
- Conveyor feeding systems
- Inventory control software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook