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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
- Glazer
- Clay Mixer
- Thrower
- Studio Potter
- Sculptor
- Press Operator
- Pottery Machine Operator
- Pot Maker
- Mold Maker
- Model Maker
- Model and Mold Maker
- Jiggerman
- Jigger Artisan
- Etcher
- Clay Artist
- Clay Artisan
- Ceramic Artist
- Artist
Tasks for “Jigger Artisan”
- 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.
- Verify accuracy of shapes and sizes of objects, using calipers and templates.
- Examine finished ware for defects and measure dimensions, using rule and thickness gauge.
- Perform test-fires of pottery to determine how to achieve specific colors and textures.
- Maintain supplies of tools, equipment, and materials, and order additional supplies as needed.
- Start machine units and conveyors and observe lights and gauges on panel board to verify operational efficiency.
- Operate drying chambers to dry or finish molded ceramic ware.
- Move pieces from wheels so that they can dry.
- Mix and apply glazes, and load glazed pieces into kilns for firing.
- Operate jigger machines to form ceramic ware, such as bowls, cups, plates, and saucers.
- Raise and shape clay into wares such as vases and pitchers, on revolving wheels, using hands, fingers, and thumbs.
- Prepare work for sale or exhibition, and maintain relationships with retail, pottery, art, and resource networks that can facilitate sale or exhibition of work.
- Pull wires through bases of articles and wheels to separate finished pieces.
- 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.
- Teach pottery classes.
- 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.
- Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms.
Related Technology & Tools
- Dial calipers
- Clay presses
- Air compressors
- Pottery wheels
- Clay extruders
- Mold trimming knives
- Triple beam balances
- Laptop computers
- Ball mills
- Oxyprobes
- Texturing brushes
- Kick wheels
- Grinding wheels
- Pyrometers
- Clay cutters
- Carving spatulas
- Layout templates
- Precision rulers
- Portable pottery wheels
- Ceramics kilns
- Conveyor feeding systems
- Spray booths
- Dust masks
- Scoring tools
- Digital scales
- Tile cutters
- Pottery molds
- Pug mills
- Slip trail applicators
- Electric kilns
- Clay mixers
- Hake brushes
- Fettling knives
- Thickness gauges
- Banding wheels
- Kiln glasses
- Lace tools
- Air cleaners
- Kiln gloves
- Handheld sprayers
- Safety glasses
- Insulated gloves
- Personal computers
- Hole cutters
- Cleanup tools
- Raku tongs
- Gas kilns
- Dipping tongs
- Spring scales
- Slab rollers
- Carving tools
- Drying ovens
- Inventory control software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel