Job Description:

• 1) Builds and replaces clay structures that control flow and temperature of molten glass in melting tanks and drawing kilns: Bolts sections of specified wooden mold together, using wrench, and lines assembled mold with paper to prevent adherence of clay to wooden mold.

• 2) Dumps and tamps clay in mold, using tamping tool.

• 3) Disassembles mold and covers clay structure with damp burlap to prevent rapid drying.

• 4) Cuts, chips, and smooths molded clay to form such structures as floaters, shutoff bars, drawbars, and L-blocks, using square, rule, and handtools.

• 5) Transfers clay structures to curing ovens, melting tanks, and drawing kilns, using electric forklift truck.

• 6) Installs clay structure replacements in melting tanks and drawing kilns, using chain hoists and handtools.

• 7) Cleans out openings of melting tanks, using airhose.

• 8) May mix clay for structures.