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