Clay Production Machine Operator

Specialisations: Porcelain Turner, Pottery / Porcelain Mould Maker, Kiln Operator (Pottery and Porcelain), Brick Maker, Tile Maker, Clay Mixing Machine Operator, Slip Caster, Brick Extruder Operator, Brick and Tile Kiln Man, Kiln Operator (Brick and Tile)

• Operating and monitoring machines for making glaze or abrasives
• Setting and operating press machines to mould ceramic articles from moist clay
• Operating hand press to mould glass into required shape
• Tending hot- or cold-end spray equipment used to coat glassware with surface hardener
• Operating and monitoring glass-making furnaces to make glass by melting and fusing pre-mixed ingredients
• Operating and monitoring kilns which bake pottery, porcelain ware and bake bricks and tiles
• Operating and maintaining finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash or polish glass or glass products
• Operating drawing kiln to process molten glass into continuous sheet of flat glass
• Operating machines to mix clay with water to knead it into a suitable plastic condition or semi-liquid form for making ceramic products
• Operating and monitoring machines which extrude molten glass to form fibreglass filaments
• Operating and maintaining machines that press or blow molten glass in moulds to form or shape containers, such as bottles, jars and drinking glasses
• Operating and monitoring floating-glass production plant