Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates automatic machine to roll molten glass into sheets: Positions glass-rolling machine between glass-melting tank and lehr, using power winch.

• 2) Connects drive chains to rollers and cooling pipes to waterlines, using handtools.

• 3) Ignites burner to preheat lip and raises knife gate on tank orifice to start flow of molten glass over lip onto rollers.

• 4) Raises or lowers upper roller to regulate thickness of glass and adjusts rheostat control to regulate machine speed.

• 5) Examines sheet of glass for defects, such as blisters and surface adhesions.

• 6) Monitors gauges and recorders and records readings, such as lehr conveyor and machine speeds, water temperatures, and rate of glass flow.