How do they match: Potters, Manufacturing

  • Press Operator
  • Jigger Machine Operator
  • Model and Mold Maker
  • Pottery and Porcelain Model Maker
  • Pottery Machine 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 pug mills to blend and extrude clay.
  • 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.
  • Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms.
  • Start machine units and conveyors and observe lights and gauges on panel board to verify operational efficiency.

  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
  • Operate heating or drying equipment.
  • Operate mixing equipment.
  • Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.