How do they match: Potters, Manufacturing

  • Jigger Machine Operator
  • Pottery Machine Operator
  • Press Operator
  • Pugmill Operator

  • Operate production machines such as pug mill, jigger machine, or potter's wheel to process clay in manufacture of ceramic, pottery and stoneware products.

  • Operate drying chambers to dry or finish molded ceramic ware.
  • Operate gas or electric kilns to fire pottery pieces.
  • Operate jigger machines to form ceramic ware, such as bowls, cups, plates, and saucers.
  • Operate pug mills to blend and extrude clay.
  • Adjust pressures, temperatures, and trimming tool settings as required.
  • Attach handles to pottery pieces.
  • Maintain supplies of tools, equipment, and materials, and order additional supplies as needed.
  • Mix and apply glazes to pottery pieces, using tools, such as spray guns.
  • 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.
  • Raise and shape clay into wares, such as vases and pitchers, on revolving wheels, using hands, fingers, and thumbs.
  • Start machine units and conveyors and observe lights and gauges on panel board to verify operational efficiency.

  • Construct distinctive physical objects for artistic, functional, or commercial purposes.
  • Operate heating or drying equipment.
  • Operate mixing equipment.
  • Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.