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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
- Etcher
- Clay Artist
- Clay Artisan
- Ceramic Artist
- Artist
Tasks for “Jiggerman”
- Adjust pressures, temperatures, and trimming tool settings as required.
- 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.
- Pull wires through bases of articles and wheels to separate finished pieces.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Teach pottery classes.
- Examine finished ware for defects and measure dimensions, using rule and thickness gauge.
- 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.
- Raise and shape clay into wares such as vases and pitchers, on revolving wheels, using hands, fingers, and thumbs.
- Position balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels.
- Smooth surfaces of finished pieces, using rubber scrapers and wet sponges.
- Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms.
- Operate pug mills to blend and extrude clay.
- Maintain supplies of tools, equipment, and materials, and order additional supplies as needed.
Related Technology & Tools
- Air cleaners
- Clay cutters
- Drying ovens
- Carving spatulas
- Precision rulers
- Tile cutters
- Carving tools
- Safety glasses
- Grinding wheels
- Kiln glasses
- Pyrometers
- Dial calipers
- Thickness gauges
- Conveyor feeding systems
- Insulated gloves
- Handheld sprayers
- Digital scales
- Pug mills
- Kiln gloves
- Hake brushes
- Kick wheels
- Portable pottery wheels
- Pottery wheels
- Lace tools
- Laptop computers
- Clay extruders
- Triple beam balances
- Clay presses
- Pottery molds
- Scoring tools
- Air compressors
- Oxyprobes
- Fettling knives
- Layout templates
- Ball mills
- Clay mixers
- Slab rollers
- Spring scales
- Dust masks
- Slip trail applicators
- Hole cutters
- Texturing brushes
- Mold trimming knives
- Ceramics kilns
- Banding wheels
- Dipping tongs
- Personal computers
- Electric kilns
- Spray booths
- Raku tongs
- Gas kilns
- Cleanup tools
- Microsoft Outlook
- Inventory control software
- Microsoft Excel