Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 1991

• J - Occupations Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities
• J1 - Machine Operators in Manufacturing
• J12 - Machine Operators and Related Workers in Metal and Mineral Products Processing

J123 - Glass Forming and Finishing Machine Operators and Glass Cutters

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with operating multi-function process control machinery or single function machines to melt, form, cut or finish flat glass, glassware, bottles, and other glass products. Glass cutters cut flat glass of various thicknesses to specified sizes and shapes by hand.

• Example Titles

  • Annealer, glass and glass products
  • Automatic cutting table operator, glass and glass products
  • Banding-machine tender, glassware
  • Beveler, glass and glass products
  • Beveling-machine operator, glass and glass products
  • Bonding machine operator, glass and glass products
  • Bottle maker, glass and glass products
  • Breaker, glass and glass products
  • Coating line operator, glass and glass products
  • Drill operator, glass and glass products
  • Edger operator, glass and glass products
  • Float operator, glass and glass products
  • Furnace operator, glass and glass products
  • Furnace tender, glass and glass products
  • Glass bender, manufacturing
  • Glass breaker, glass and glass products
  • Glass calibrator, glass and glass products
  • Glass cutter, manufacturing
  • Glass decorator, manufacturing
  • Glass driller, glass and glass products
  • Glass engraver, manufacturing
  • Glass finisher, glass and glass products
  • Glass grinder, glass and glass products
  • Glass moulder, glass and glass products
  • Glass polisher, glass and glass products
  • Glass rougher, glass and glass products
  • Glass-grinding-machine feeder
  • Glass-mould cleaner, glass and glass products
  • Glassware banding-machine tender
  • Lehr operator, glass and glass products
  • Lehr tender, glass and glass products
  • Lens moulder, glass and glass products
  • Melter, glass and glass products
  • Mixer, glass and glass products
  • Mould polisher, glass and glass products
  • Oven tender, glass and glass products
  • Press operator, glass and glass products
  • Presser, glass and glass products
  • Silvering line operator, glass and glass products
  • Special glass cutter
  • Temperer, glass and glass products
  • Tempering furnace operator, glass and glass products

• Exclusion

  • Glass blowing by hand is classified in unit group (See F144 Artisans and Craftspersons)
  • Supervisors of glass forming and finishing machine operators (See J011 Supervisors, Mineral and Metal Processing)