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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 and Mold Maker
- Jiggerman
- Etcher
- Clay Artist
- Clay Artisan
- Ceramic Artist
- Artist
Tasks for “Model Maker”
- 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.
- Teach pottery classes.
- 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.
- Start machine units and conveyors and observe lights and gauges on panel board to verify operational efficiency.
- Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms.
- Maintain supplies of tools, equipment, and materials, and order additional supplies as needed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mix and apply glazes, and load glazed pieces into kilns for firing.
- Examine finished ware for defects and measure dimensions, using rule and thickness gauge.
- Verify accuracy of shapes and sizes of objects, using calipers and templates.
- Move pieces from wheels so that they can dry.
- Operate pug mills to blend and extrude clay.
- 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.
- Smooth surfaces of finished pieces, using rubber scrapers and wet sponges.
Related Technology & Tools
- Spray booths
- Grinding wheels
- Clay extruders
- Precision rulers
- Clay cutters
- Texturing brushes
- Raku tongs
- Air cleaners
- Hake brushes
- Scoring tools
- Dipping tongs
- Banding wheels
- Slab rollers
- Conveyor feeding systems
- Safety glasses
- Layout templates
- Handheld sprayers
- Air compressors
- Ceramics kilns
- Fettling knives
- Ball mills
- Thickness gauges
- Pyrometers
- Cleanup tools
- Clay presses
- Kiln gloves
- Carving tools
- Insulated gloves
- Kiln glasses
- Slip trail applicators
- Personal computers
- Dust masks
- Laptop computers
- Dial calipers
- Triple beam balances
- Clay mixers
- Lace tools
- Hole cutters
- Electric kilns
- Tile cutters
- Gas kilns
- Digital scales
- Kick wheels
- Drying ovens
- Oxyprobes
- Pottery molds
- Spring scales
- Carving spatulas
- Mold trimming knives
- Portable pottery wheels
- Pottery wheels
- Pug mills
- Microsoft Excel
- Inventory control software
- Microsoft Outlook