Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of following tasks to produce pressed or blown glassware from molten glass: Balances gather on blowpipe, and blows through and simultaneously rotates blowpipe to maintain gather in globular form for blocking, redipping, or final shaping.

• 2) Moves controls that open hinged molds to receive gather for shaping by press or attaches blower head to opening of blank-filled mold and turns valve to admit compressed air that shapes blank to mold contour.

• 3) Removes glassware from mold, using pincers or fork, or catches ware from inverted molds on paddle and carries ware to reheating furnace, glazing machine, or lehr.

• 4) Strikes glassware with metal bar to break ware from blowpipe.

• 5) Removes excess glass from ware, using bar, hand cutter, flame, or saw.

• 6) Inspects glassware for defects, such as cracks, chips, and malformations.