How do they match: Potters, Manufacturing

  • Jigger Machine Operator
  • Pottery Machine 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 jigger machines to form ceramic ware, such as bowls, cups, plates, and saucers.
  • 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.