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