Operate production machines such as pug mill, jigger machine, or potter's wheel to process clay in manufacture of ceramic, pottery and stoneware products.
- Potter
- Production Potter
- Glazer
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- Clay Mixer
- Jigger Artisan
- Jigger Machine Operator
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- Adjust pressures, temperatures, and trimming tool settings as required.
- Adjust wheel speeds according to the feel of the clay as pieces enlarge and walls become thinner.
- Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms.
- Examine finished ware for defects and measure dimensions, using rule and thickness gauge.
- Maintain supplies of tools, equipment, and materials, and order additional supplies as needed.
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- Adjust pressures, temperatures, and trimming tool settings as required.
- Adjust wheel speeds according to the feel of the clay as pieces enlarge and walls become thinner.
- Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms.
- Examine finished ware for defects and measure dimensions, using rule and thickness gauge.
- Maintain supplies of tools, equipment, and materials, and order additional supplies as needed.
- Mix and apply glazes, and load glazed pieces into kilns for firing.
- Move pieces from wheels so that they can dry.
- Operate drying chambers to dry or finish molded ceramic ware.
- Operate jigger machines to form ceramic ware, such as bowls, cups, plates, and saucers.
- Operate pug mills to blend and extrude clay.
- Perform test-fires of pottery to determine how to achieve specific colors and textures.
- Position balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels.
- Prepare work for sale or exhibition, and maintain relationships with retail, pottery, art, and resource networks that can facilitate sale or exhibition of work.
- 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.
- Pull wires through bases of articles and wheels in order to separate finished pieces.
- Raise and shape clay into wares such as vases and pitchers, on revolving wheels, using hands, fingers, and thumbs.
- Smooth surfaces of finished pieces, using rubber scrapers and wet sponges.
- Start machine units and conveyors and observe lights and gauges on panel-board to verify operational efficiency.
- Teach pottery classes.
- Verify accuracy of shapes and sizes of objects, using calipers and templates.
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- create art from ideas
- 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
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- create art from ideas
- 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
- monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems
- read technical drawings
- use creativity in industrial artistry
- use hand or power tools
- use precision measuring tools or equipment
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- Model Maker
- Pottery-Machine Operator
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