Potters and Related Workers

making clay or plaster-of-Paris moulds

reading technical drawings to know customer’s requirements

forming articles on potter's wheel by pressing thumbs into centres 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

adjusting wheel speeds according to the feel of the clay as pieces enlarge and walls become thinner

operating jigger machines to form ceramic ware, such as bowls, cups, plates and saucers

adjusting and setting controls of pug mill that mix, extrudes, cuts, and deposits clay charges in or over moulds as specified

smoothening surfaces of finished pieces, using rubber scrapers and wet sponges

forming abrasive wheels by moulding and pressing an abrasive mixture by hand or by machine

examining finished ware for defects verifying accuracy of shapes and sizes of objects, using callipers and templates

preparing work for sale or exhibition, and maintaining relationships with retail, pottery, art and resource networks that can facilitate sale or exhibition of work.