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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”
- 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.
- 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.
- Verify accuracy of shapes and sizes of objects, using calipers and templates.
- Adjust wheel speeds according to the feel of the clay as pieces enlarge and walls become thinner.
- Smooth surfaces of finished pieces, using rubber scrapers and wet sponges.
- 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.
- Adjust pressures, temperatures, and trimming tool settings as required.
- 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.
- Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms.
- Examine finished ware for defects and measure dimensions, using rule and thickness gauge.
- Operate drying chambers to dry or finish molded ceramic ware.
- Position balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels.
- 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.
- Operate pug mills to blend and extrude clay.
- Perform test-fires of pottery to determine how to achieve specific colors and textures.
- Teach pottery classes.
Related Technology & Tools
- Gas kilns
- Spring scales
- Insulated gloves
- Thickness gauges
- Conveyor feeding systems
- Kick wheels
- Pottery wheels
- Carving spatulas
- Electric kilns
- Personal computers
- Ball mills
- Raku tongs
- Fettling knives
- Mold trimming knives
- Air compressors
- Kiln gloves
- Dipping tongs
- Clay mixers
- Dial calipers
- Slab rollers
- Precision rulers
- Oxyprobes
- Digital scales
- Spray booths
- Tile cutters
- Laptop computers
- Cleanup tools
- Pug mills
- Slip trail applicators
- Ceramics kilns
- Kiln glasses
- Grinding wheels
- Portable pottery wheels
- Hake brushes
- Texturing brushes
- Layout templates
- Clay extruders
- Dust masks
- Air cleaners
- Clay presses
- Banding wheels
- Pyrometers
- Carving tools
- Handheld sprayers
- Drying ovens
- Lace tools
- Safety glasses
- Triple beam balances
- Hole cutters
- Pottery molds
- Clay cutters
- Scoring tools
- Inventory control software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel