Potters, Manufacturing
Tasks Include:
- Press 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.
- Adjust wheel speeds according to the feel of the clay as pieces enlarge and walls become thinner.
- Position balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels.
- Raise and shape clay into wares, such as vases and pitchers, on revolving wheels, using hands, fingers, and thumbs.
- Prepare work for sale or exhibition, and maintain relationships with retail, pottery, art, and resource networks that can facilitate sale or exhibition of work.
- Smooth surfaces of finished pieces, using rubber scrapers and wet sponges.
- Move pieces from wheels so that they can dry.
- Pull wires through bases of articles and wheels to separate finished pieces.
- Examine finished ware for defects and measure dimensions, using rule and thickness gauge.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +26.0%
National: +19.1%
Education
Some College Courses
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$39,590.00
State
$38,080.00
Regional
Potters, Manufacturing
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Operate production machines such as pug mill, jigger machine, or potter's wheel to process clay in manufacture of ceramic, pottery and stoneware products.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Education
Required Level of Education
- Some College Courses = 30.90%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 30.48%
- Bachelor's Degree = 17.67%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 16.01%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 4.94%
Related Work Experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 22.45%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 17.93%
- Over 10 years = 17.93%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 10.25%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 8.67%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 7.77%
- Up to and including 1 month = 7.53%
- None = 7.47%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 26.60%
- Up to and including 1 month = 21.21%
- Over 10 years = 17.93%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 12.73%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 6.73%
- None = 6.50%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 4.99%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 3.31%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 20.06%
- Over 10 years = 17.93%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 16.89%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 16.44%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 13.47%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 12.73%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 2.48%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Press 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.
- Adjust wheel speeds according to the feel of the clay as pieces enlarge and walls become thinner.
- Position balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels.
- Raise and shape clay into wares, such as vases and pitchers, on revolving wheels, using hands, fingers, and thumbs.
- Prepare work for sale or exhibition, and maintain relationships with retail, pottery, art, and resource networks that can facilitate sale or exhibition of work.
- Smooth surfaces of finished pieces, using rubber scrapers and wet sponges.
- Move pieces from wheels so that they can dry.
- Pull wires through bases of articles and wheels to separate finished pieces.
- Examine finished ware for defects and measure dimensions, using rule and thickness gauge.
- Perform test-fires of pottery to determine how to achieve specific colors and textures.
- Maintain supplies of tools, equipment, and materials, and order additional supplies as needed.
- Verify accuracy of shapes and sizes of objects, using calipers and templates.
- Operate pug mills to blend and extrude clay.
- Operate gas or electric kilns to fire pottery pieces.
- Mix and apply glazes to pottery pieces, using tools, such as spray guns.
- Attach handles to pottery pieces.
- Pack and ship pottery to stores or galleries for retail sale.
- Design spaces to display pottery for sale.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms.
- Operate drying chambers to dry or finish molded ceramic ware.
- Start machine units and conveyors and observe lights and gauges on panel board to verify operational efficiency.
- Adjust pressures, temperatures, and trimming tool settings as required.
- Operate jigger machines to form ceramic ware, such as bowls, cups, plates, and saucers.
- Teach pottery classes.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Air exhausters (Air cleaners)
- Air compressors
- Laboratory mills (Ball mills)
- Potters wheels for hand made ceramics (Banding wheels)
- Clay or modeling tools (Carving spatulas)
- Clay or modeling tools (Carving tools)
- Kilns for firing ceramics (Ceramics kilns)
- Clay or modeling tools (Clay cutters)
- Extruders for modeling materials (Clay extruders)
- Clay or modeling tools (Clay mixers)
- Extruders for modeling materials (Clay presses)
- Clay or modeling tools (Cleanup tools)
- Conveyor feeders (Conveyor feeding systems)
- Calipers (Dial calipers)
- Laboratory balances (Digital scales)
- Tongs (Dipping tongs)
- Drying cabinets or ovens (Drying ovens)
- Masks or accessories (Dust masks)
- Kilns for firing ceramics (Electric kilns)
- Clay or modeling tools (Fettling knives)
- Kilns for firing ceramics (Gas kilns)
- Power grinders (Grinding wheels)
- Clay or modeling tools (Hake brushes)
- Spray booths (Hand-held sprayers)
- Clay or modeling tools (Hole cutters)
- Protective gloves (Insulated gloves)
- Potters wheels for hand made ceramics (Kick wheels)
- Safety glasses (Kiln glasses)
- Protective gloves (Kiln gloves)
- Clay or modeling tools (Lace tools)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Templates (Layout templates)
- Clay or modeling tools (Mold trimming knives)
- Oxygen sensors (Oxyprobes)
- Personal computers
- Potters wheels for hand made ceramics (Portable pottery wheels)
- Clay or modeling tools (Pottery molds)
- Potters wheels for hand made ceramics (Pottery wheels)
- Rulers (Precision rulers)
- Clay or modeling tools (Pug mills)
- Pyrometers
- Tongs (Raku tongs)
- Safety glasses
- Clay or modeling tools (Scoring tools)
- Clay or modeling tools (Slab rollers)
- Clay or modeling tools (Slip trail applicators)
- Spray booths
- Pull spring balances (Spring scales)
- Clay or modeling tools (Texturing brushes)
- Thickness measuring devices (Thickness gauges)
- Nibblers (Tile cutters)
- Triple beam balances
Technologies Include:
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Inventory management software
- Inventory control software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.25 | Fine Arts | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
73.50 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
65.00 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
59.75 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
55.00 | Chemistry | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
53.50 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
52.00 | Sales and Marketing | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
49.75 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
56.25 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
50.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
72.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
72.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
65.50 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
65.50 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
65.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
62.50 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
53.00 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
50.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
50.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
78.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
75.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
73.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
68.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
64.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
59.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
59.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
58.75 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
55.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
54.50 | Selling or Influencing Others | Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions. |
53.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
52.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
52.25 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
51.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
50.25 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
50.00 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
91.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
86.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
82.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
81.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
80.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
79.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
78.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
77.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
72.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
71.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
62.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
60.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
59.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
58.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
53.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
55.50 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
91.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
89.60 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
87.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
86.40 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
85.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
83.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
83.00 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
79.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
79.20 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
77.20 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
76.60 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
76.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
75.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
73.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
72.20 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
65.00 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
63.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
62.80 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
61.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
60.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
58.00 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
56.80 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
56.60 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
51.80 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
50.80 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
50.60 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
50.20 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $30,040.00 | $39,590.00 | $47,200.00 |
Virginia | $28,570.00 | $38,080.00 | $44,450.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $31,969.29 | $41,835.10 | $47,970.09 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $28,461.50 | $32,958.27 | $39,289.18 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | $28,435.44 | $38,192.87 | $41,868.44 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $35,107.13 | $39,683.11 | $45,071.94 |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $31,468.03 | $45,389.79 | $46,824.79 |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $34,221.32 | $39,016.15 | $44,350.79 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 41,300 | 49,200 | +19.1% |
Virginia | 607 | 765 | +26.0% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Potters, Manufacturing
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- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Potters, Manufacturing
- Pourers and Casters, Metal
- Power Distributors and Dispatchers
- Power Plant Operators
- Production Workers, All Other
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Sewers, Hand
- Sewing Machine Operators
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers
- Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
- Team Assemblers
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Tire Builders
- Tool and Die Makers
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Upholsterers
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Woodworkers, All Other
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
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Occupations
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Artist
- Ceramic Artist
- Clay Artisan
- Clay Artist
- Clay Mixer
- Etcher
- Glazer
- Jigger Artisan
- Jigger Machine Operator
- Jiggerman
- Model and Mold Maker
- Model Maker
- Mold Maker
- Pot Maker
- Potter
- Pottery Machine Operator
- Press Operator
- Production Potter
- Sculptor
- Studio Potter
- Thrower
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Related Schools
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