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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.

8 Plant and Machine Operators, and Assemblers / 81 Stationary Plant and Machine Operators / 818 Other Stationary Plant and Machine Operators / All level 4

// Working conditions

Air and dustHeat and coldMachineryNoise

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

operating and monitoring glass-making furnaces to make glass by melting and fusing pre-mixed ingredients

tending hot- or cold-end spray equipment used to coat glassware with surface hardener

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 hand press to mould glass into required shape

operating drawing kiln to process molten glass into continuous sheet of flat glass

operating and monitoring floating-glass production plant

operating and maintaining finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash or polish glass or glass products

setting and operating press machines to mould ceramic articles from moist clay

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 kilns which bake pottery, porcelain ware bricks and tiles

operating and monitoring machines for making glaze or abrasives

operating and monitoring machines which extrude molten glass to form fibreglass filaments

observing finished products to identify splits, cracks, breaks, colour and other imperfections.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Brick kiln operator
- Ceramics painting machine operator
- Clay mixing machine operator
- Extruding clay press operator
- Furnace operator (glass production)
- Glass blowing machine operator
- Glass mixing machine operator
- Glass production furnace operator
- Pottery kiln operator
- Tile kiln operator

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Brick and tile moulder - 7314
- Glass blower- 7315
- Glass cutter -7315

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