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Job Description
Shape molten glass according to patterns.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-9195.04
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers”.
Also Known As…
- Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
- Press Operator
- Neon Tube Bender
- Neon Glass Bender
- Machine Operator
- Glassblower
- Glass Tube Bender
- Glass Lathe Operator
- Glass Blower
- Glass Bender
- Gaffer
- Ware Finisher
- Tube Bender
- Scientific Glass Blower
- Relief Operator
- Presser
- Neon Pumper
- Neon Glass Blower
- Molder
- Glassware Finisher
- Glass Worker
- Glass Forming Engineer
- Glass Blowing Lathe Operator
- Glass Blowing Instructor
- Glass Block Installer
- Glass Block Bender
- Fiber Glass Worker
- Bottle Blower
- Blow Molder
- Bender
- Artificial Glass Eye Maker
Tasks for “Laboratory Apparatus Glass Blower”
- Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.
- Repair broken scrolls by replacing them with new sections of tubing.
- Spray or swab molds with oil solutions to prevent adhesion of glass.
- Operate electric kilns that heat and mold glass sheets to the shape and curve of metal jigs.
- Shape, bend, or join sections of glass, using paddles, pressing and flattening hand tools, or cork.
- Record manufacturing information, such as quantities, sizes, or types of goods produced.
- Cut lengths of tubing to specified sizes, using files or cutting wheels.
- Place glass into dies or molds of presses and control presses to form products, such as glassware components or optical blanks.
- Design and create glass objects, using blowpipes and artisans' hand tools and equipment.
- Superimpose bent tubing on asbestos patterns to ensure accuracy.
- Place electrodes in tube ends and heat them with glass burners to fuse them into place.
- Blow tubing into specified shapes to prevent glass from collapsing, using compressed air or own breath, or blow and rotate gathers in molds or on boards to obtain final shapes.
- Develop sketches of glass products into blueprint specifications, applying knowledge of glass technology and glass blowing.
- Place rubber hoses on ends of tubing and charge tubing with gas.
- Operate and maintain finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash, or polish glass or glass products.
- Inspect, weigh, and measure products to verify conformance to specifications, using instruments such as micrometers, calipers, magnifiers, or rulers.
- Determine types and quantities of glass required to fabricate products.
- Strike necks of finished articles to separate articles from blowpipes.
- Set up and adjust machine press stroke lengths and pressures and regulate oven temperatures, according to glass types to be processed.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laptop computers
- Grinders
- Precision files
- Induction heaters
- Meeker burners
- Safety goggles
- Vacuum ovens
- Sandblasters
- Shears
- Glass tongs
- Spot welders
- Engine lathes
- Glass saws
- Propane torches
- Digital micrometers
- Precision rulers
- Polishing wheels
- Electric kilns
- Glass lathes
- Safety gloves
- Personal computers
- Vacuum pumps
- Dial calipers
- Annealing ovens
- Cutting wheels
- Lapping wheels
- Tweezers
- Polariscopes
- Safety glasses
- Glass blowing pipes
- Glass knives
- Drill presses
- Holding clamps
- Air compressors
- Hand held magnifiers
- Protective respirators
- Microsoft Outlook
- Billing software
- Microsoft Excel
- Inventory control software