Classification note
- Published code: 7314
- Hierarchy level: unit-group
- This page uses ISCO-08 as the English occupation reference layer while Thai TSCO label harmonization remains incomplete.
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Occupation hierarchy
- Major Group: 7 Craft and Related Trades Workers
- Sub Major Group: 73 Handicraft and Printing Workers
- Minor Group: 731 Handicraft Workers
- Unit Group: 7314 Potters and Related Workers
Child groups
- No child groups are published under this code.
TSIC codes where this occupation is primary
- No primary TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
TSIC codes where this occupation is related
- No related TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
Definition
Potters and related workers prepare pottery, porcelain ware, sanitary ware, bricks, tiles and abrasive wheels by hand or by machine.
Tasks include
Tasks include - (a) making articles of pottery and porcelain; (b) making clay or plaster-of-Paris moulds; (c) reading technical drawings to know customer s requirements; (d) forming articles on potter’s wheel by pressing thumbs into centres 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; (e) adjusting wheel speeds according to the feel of the clay as pieces enlarge and walls become thinner; (f) operating jigger machines to form ceramic ware, such as bowls, cups, plates and saucers; (g) adjusting and setting controls of pug mill that mix, extrudes, cuts, and deposits clay charges in or over moulds as specified; (h) smoothening surfaces of finished pieces, using rubber scrapers and wet sponges; (i) forming abrasive wheels by moulding and pressing an abrasive mixture by hand or by machine; (j) examining finished ware for defects verifying accuracy of shapes and sizes of objects, using callipers and templates; (k) preparing work for sale or exhibition, and maintaining relationships with retail, pottery, art and resource networks that can facilitate sale or exhibition of work.
Included occupations or child groups
Examples of the occupations classified here: - Abrasive wheel moulder - Brick and tile moulder - Potter - Pottery and porcelain caster - Pottery and porcelain modeller
Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Ceramic artist - 2651 - Kiln operator (brick and tile) - 8181 - Kiln operator (pottery and porcelain) 8181
ISCO-88 correspondence
- 7321