How do they match: Potters, Manufacturing

  • Production Potter

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

  • Attach handles to pottery pieces.
  • 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.

  • Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
  • Conduct test runs of production equipment.
  • Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
  • Maneuver workpieces in equipment during production.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Position raw materials on processing or production equipment.
  • Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
  • Shape clay or dough to create products.