pottery and porcelain caster
Pottery and porcelain casters fill moulds with clay to cast pottery and porcelain wares. They pour excess slip out of the mould when needed, drain moulds, remove the cast from the mould, smooth the casting surfaces to remove marks and place the castings on boards to dry.
Also called: pottery caster, porcelain caster, pottery and porcelain molder, caster of pottery and porcelain, caster of pottery and porcelain ware, pottery and porcelain ware caster, pottery and porcelain moulder
- 12
- essential skills
- 30
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- blow moulding machine operator4 skills in common
- fibre machine tender4 skills in common
- fibreglass machine operator4 skills in common
- glass annealer4 skills in common
- injection moulding operator4 skills in common
- plastic heat treatment equipment operator4 skills in common
Essential skills
12- conform with clay thickness
- extract products from moulds
- inspect quality of products
- materials in porcelain manufacturing
- materials used in stoneware manufacturing
- monitor automated machines
- set up the controller of a machine
- tend jigger machines
- tend pug mills
- troubleshoot
- types of pottery material
- use personal protection equipment
Optional skills
30- alumina ceramic
- apply glaze coating
- casting processes
- ceramic ware
- ceramics glazes
- check quality of raw materials
- construct moulds
- extract materials from furnace
- fill moulds
- form moulding mixture
- handle different pottery materials
- keep records of work progress
- load materials into furnace
- monitor conveyor belt
- monitor end-product drying process
- monitor stock level
- operate a ceramics kiln
- operate drying blowers
- operate forklift
- pack fragile items for transportation
- paint decorative designs
- perform green machining
- perform machine maintenance
- polish clay products
- prepare production prototypes
- record production data for quality control
- report defective manufacturing materials
- tend clay extrusion machine
- tend tumbling machine
- work ergonomically
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