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