PSOC Unit group 8181 — Glass and ceramics plant operators

Glass and ceramics plant operators operate and monitor kilns, furnaces and other machinery and equipment used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, porcelain, tiles or bricks. They operate machines to anneal, harden or decorate glass and ceramics. Their tasks include: a) operating and monitoring glass-making furnaces to make glass by melting and fusing pre-mixed ingredients; b) tending hot or cold-end spray equipment used to coat glassware with surface hardener; c) operating and maintaining machines that press or blow molten glass in molds to form or shape containers, such as bottles, jars and drinking glasses; d) operating hand press to mould glass into required shape; e) operating drawing kiln to process molten glass into continuous sheet of flat glass; f) operating and monitoring floating-glass production plant; g) operating and maintaining finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash or polish glass or glass products; h) setting and operating press machines to mould ceramic articles from moist clay; i) operating machines to mix clay with water to knead it into a suitable plastic condition or semi-liquid form for making ceramic products; j) operating and monitoring kilns which bake pottery, porcelain ware and bake bricks and tiles; k) operating and monitoring machines for making glaze or abrasives; l) operating and monitoring machines which extrude molten glass to form fiberglass filaments; m) observing finished products to identify splits, cracks, breaks, color and other imperfections. Examples of the occupations classified here: Abrasives maker, Brick and tile kiln-operator, Ceramics kiln operator, Ceramics plant operator, Clay mixer, Clay slip maker, Fiberglass maker, Float-glass bath operator, Glass former, Glass kiln operator, Glass mixer, Glass plant operator, Glass production furnace operator, Glass temperer, Glass tube maker, Glass-annealing furnaceman, Glass-blowing machine operator, Glass-drawing machine operator, Glass-making furnaceman, Glass-pressing machine operator, Glaze maker, Mixing/clay & glass machine-operator, Painting ceramic machine operator, Painting glass machine operator, Plate-glass polisher, Plate-glass rollerman, Porcelain ware kiln operator, Pottery and porcelain kiln-operator Some related occupations classified elsewhere: Blower (glass) -7315, Cutter (glass) -7315, Moulder (brick and tile) -7314

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