What You'll Do

  • Inspect, weigh, and measure products to verify conformance to specifications, using instruments such as micrometers, calipers, magnifiers, or rulers.
  • Record manufacturing information, such as quantities, sizes, or types of goods produced.
  • Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.
  • Blow tubing into specified shapes to prevent glass from collapsing, using compressed air or own breath, or blow and rotate gathers in molds or on boards to obtain final shapes.
  • Set up and adjust machine press stroke lengths and pressures and regulate oven temperatures, according to glass types to be processed.
  • Shape, bend, or join sections of glass, using paddles, pressing and flattening hand tools, or cork.
  • Develop sketches of glass products into blueprint specifications, applying knowledge of glass technology and glass blowing.
  • Determine types and quantities of glass required to fabricate products.
  • Place rubber hoses on ends of tubing and charge tubing with gas.
  • Superimpose bent tubing on asbestos patterns to ensure accuracy.

Essential Skills

Operations Monitoring 3.38/5
Operation and Control 3.38/5
Quality Control Analysis 3.38/5
Monitoring 3.25/5
Reading Comprehension 3.0/5
Active Listening 3.0/5
Critical Thinking 3.0/5
Active Learning 2.88/5
Speaking 2.75/5
Complex Problem Solving 2.75/5
Judgment and Decision Making 2.75/5
Time Management 2.75/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.

Common styles

Attention to Detail, Dependability, Cautiousness, Self-Control, Perseverance

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Arm-Hand Steadiness 3.88/5
Near Vision 3.88/5
Control Precision 3.75/5
Reaction Time 3.75/5
Visualization 3.62/5
Manual Dexterity 3.62/5
Visual Color Discrimination 3.62/5
Selective Attention 3.5/5

Technologies & Tools

Billing software Inventory control software Microsoft Excel Microsoft Outlook

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.52/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.19/5)
  • Cautiousness (High importance: 4.06/5)
  • Self-Control (High importance: 3.77/5)
  • Perseverance (High importance: 3.68/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Artificial Glass Eye Maker Bender Blow Molder Blower Bottle Blower Fiber Glass Worker Gaffer Glass Bender Glass Block Bender Glass Block Installer Glass Blower Glass Blower Technician Glass Blowing Instructor Glass Blowing Lathe Operator Glass Finisher Glass Forming Engineer Glass Lathe Operator Glass Molder Glass Tube Bender Glass Worker Glassblower Glassware Finisher Laboratory Apparatus Glass Blower Lathe Blower Lathe Operator Molder Neon Glass Bender Neon Glass Blower Neon Pumper Neon Tube Bender Scientific Blower Scientific Glass Blower Technical Blower Tube Bender Tubing Bender Ware Finisher

Career Fit FAQs

Is this career a good fit for me

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

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