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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| pottery-and-porcelain-caster | Occupational skill for the role 'pottery and porcelain caster' (also: caster of pottery and porcelain, pottery caster, porcelain caster, pottery and porcelain moulder, pottery and porcelain ware caster, pottery and porcelain molder). Use when the user asks for typical pottery and porcelain caster work such as: 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. |
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.
Core workflow
- 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.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
Key competences (essential)
- 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
Hot technologies
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5f617498-da0d-454a-9658-5e02d28a4bd7), ONET 30.3 (51-9195.05). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*