How do they match: Potters, Manufacturing

  • Press Operator
  • Production Potter
  • Model and Mold Maker

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

  • 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.
  • Adjust pressures, temperatures, and trimming tool settings as required.

  • 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.