Glassmaker
Job Descriptions
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| Glaziers produce a wide variety
of types of objects, from milk bottles to windows for buildings
and vehicles, vessels and glass test tubes.
His work may vary depending on the discipline involved, but
may include:
· Use of silica (sand), lime and soda as basic ingredients
for windows and cheaper items
• Use of different additives to make different types of glass
· Heating of the ingredients
with cullet (waste glass) at high temperatures where liquid
becomes
· Make the mixture either by blowing glass or by the formation
of oven
· To carry out processes such as cutting, polishing, tempered
or laminated, depending on the product.
· Application of decorative techniques such as engraving engraving,
sand or grit blasting, stencilling and acid
Key Skills
· Good hand-eye coordination
· A good sense of colour
· Patience, accuracy and attention to detail
· The ability to work as part of a team
· Good business skills if self-employed.
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