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Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers - 51-9195.04

O*NET-SOC Description

Shape molten glass according to patterns.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Glass Blower
  • Glass Bender
  • Press Operator
  • Glass Tube Bender
  • Neon Tube Bender
  • Gaffer
  • Neon Glass Bender
  • Presser
  • Glass Block Bender
  • Glass Lathe Operator

SOC Occupation Groups

51-0000 Production Occupations
51-9000 Other Production Occupations
51-9190 Miscellaneous Production Workers
51-9195.00 Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
51-9195.04 Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • 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.
  • Cut lengths of tubing to specified sizes, using files or cutting wheels.
  • Design and create glass objects, using blowpipes and artisans' hand tools and equipment.
  • Determine types and quantities of glass required to fabricate products.
  • Develop sketches of glass products into blueprint specifications, applying knowledge of glass technology and glass blowing.
  • Dip ends of blowpipes into molten glass to collect gobs on pipe heads, or cut gobs from molten glass, using shears.
  • Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens, and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.
  • Inspect, weigh, and measure products to verify conformance to specifications, using instruments such as micrometers, calipers, magnifiers, and rulers.
  • Operate and maintain finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash, and/or polish glass or glass products.
  • Operate electric kilns that heat glass sheets and molds to the shape and curve of metal jigs.
  • Place electrodes in tube ends and heat them with glass burners to fuse them into place.
  • Place glass into dies or molds of presses, and control presses to form products such as glassware components or optical blanks.
  • Place rubber hoses on ends of tubing, and charge tubing with gas.
  • Record manufacturing information such as quantities, sizes, and types of goods produced.
  • Repair broken scrolls by replacing them with new sections of tubing.
  • Set up and adjust machine press stroke lengths and pressures, and regulate oven temperatures according to glass types to be processed.
  • Shape, bend, or join sections of glass, using paddles, pressing and flattening hand tools, or cork.
  • Spray or swab molds with oil solutions to prevent adhesion of glass.
  • Strike necks of finished articles to separate articles from blowpipes.
  • Superimpose bent tubing on asbestos patterns to ensure accuracy.

Detailed Work Activities

  • adjust production equipment/machinery setup
  • determine specifications
  • examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
  • fabricate craft or art objects
  • fabricate, assemble, or disassemble manufactured products by hand
  • make independent judgment in assembly procedures
  • measure, weigh, or count products or materials
  • operate glass or stone working equipment/machinery
  • read technical drawings
  • use acetylene welding/cutting torch
  • use hand or power tools
  • use precision measuring tools or equipment

Military Crosswalk Titles

No information available.

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

  • Artificial-Glass-Eye-Maker
  • Glass Bender
  • Glass Blower
  • Glass Blower, Laboratory Apparatus
  • Glass-Blowing-Lathe Operator

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Artificial-Glass-Eye Maker
  • Glass Bender
  • Glass Blower
  • Glass Blower, Laboratory Apparatus
  • Glass-Blowing-Lathe Operator
  • Molder
  • Scientific Glass Blower
  • Ware Finisher