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