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