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