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Glass Worker
Glass workers operate and control machines to make molten
glass, and press or blow it into moulds to form or shape
glassware products (e.g. bottles, jars and drinking glasses)
as well as insulation and fibreglass products.
Glass workers may perform the following tasks:
- process raw chemical and glass materials
- process glass insulation products
- handle glass fibres to form a continuous length and then
change into a usable customer product
- operate the controls of machinery either manually or
from remote control centres
- check conditions such as temperatures, pressures and gas
compositions
- adjust valves on furnaces to regulate the temperature of
molten glass according to production specifications
- set screws, air valves, turntable rates and the timing
of plungers in glass pressing machines
- adjust flow valves and shear timers to regulate delivery
rates
- identify, mend where possible, or report breakdowns in
process equipment
- lubricate and clean machines
- undertake quality assurance activities and prepare
written operational records
- reset machinery to process different items
- identify faults in finished products and separate out
the faulty items
- sort, package and distribute products.
There are two main areas within the glass industry:
- the manufacture of flat (float) glass, mainly for the
building industry
- the manufacture of glass products, mainly domestic and
scientific glassware.
Glass workers may specialise as melt operators, glass
machine attendants, glass makers or glass handlers.
Required Skills - Glass Worker
- enjoy working with machines and solving practical
problems
- physically fit
- good hand-eye coordination
- able to work safely
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