What this code covers
Potters and related workers prepare pottery, porcelain ware, sanitary ware, bricks, tiles and abrasive wheels by hand or by machine. Their tasks include: a) making articles of pottery and porcelain; b) making clay or plaster of Paris molds; c) reading technical drawings to know customer’s requirements; d) forming articles on potter's wheel by pressing 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; e) adjusting wheel speeds according to the feel of the clay as pieces enlarge and walls become thinner; f) operating jigger machines to form ceramic ware, such as bowls, cups, plates, and saucers; g) adjusting and setting controls of pug mill that mixes, extrudes, cuts, and deposits clay charges in or over molds as specified; h) smoothening surfaces of finished pieces, using rubber scrapers and wet sponges; i) forming abrasive wheels by molding and pressing an abrasive mixture by hand or by machine; j) examining finished ware for defects, verifying accuracy of shapes and sizes of objects, using calipers and templates; k) preparing work for sale or exhibition, and maintaining relationships with retail, pottery, art, and resource networks that can facilitate sale or exhibition of work. Examples of the occupations classified here: Abrasive wheel molder, Brick and tile molder, Clay extruding-press operator, Decorators/lazers, Potter (general), Pottery and porcelain caster (hand), Pottery and porcelain die-presser, Pottery and porcelain jiggerman, Pottery and porcelain maker, Pottery and porcelain modeller, Pottery and porcelain presser (hand), Pottery and porcelain thrower Some related occupations classified elsewhere: Kiln operator (brick and tile) - 8181, Kiln operator (pottery and porcelain) – 8181