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Glass and ceramics plant operator
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Key facts
+3.1%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +3.1% (BLS).
The job
Glass and ceramics plant operators (ISCO 8181). Glass and ceramics plant operators monitor and operate kilns, furnaces and other machinery and equipment used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, porcelain, tiles or bricks.
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149 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- auger extrusion press operator
- auger press operative
- auger press operative manual control
- auger press operator
- auger press operator, manual control
- auger press worker
- auger press worker, manual control
- auger-press operator
- bisque kiln firer
- bisque kiln operator
- brick & tile dry press operator
- brick and tile caster
- brick and tile dry press operator
- brick and tile making machine operative
- brick and tile making machine operator
- brick and tile-making machine operative
- brick and tile-making machine operator
- brick caster
- brick kiln burner
- brick kiln operative
- brick kiln operator
- brick presser
- castables operative
- castables worker
- caster (brick and tile)
- caster of pottery and porcelain
- caster of pottery and porcelain ware
- clay dryer kiln operative
- clay dryer kiln operator
- clay drying tunnel operator
- clay kiln burner
- clay kiln operator
- clay products dry kiln operator
- clay roaster
- clay tunnel kiln operative
- clay tunnel kiln operator
- cutter operator, brick
- cutter operator, tile
- decorating-kiln firer
- decorating-kiln operator
- drain tile press operator
- drawing kiln operative
- drawing kiln operator
- drawing kiln worker
- drawing machine operative
- drawing machine worker
- dry kiln burner
- dry kiln operative
- dry kiln operator
- dry press operator
- dry press tender
- dry press worker
- dry-press operator
- dryer kiln operative
- dryer kiln operator
- dryer operator
- drying tunnel kiln operative
- drying tunnel kiln operator
- drying tunnel operator
- extruding and forming machine setter
- extruding machine setter
- fiber extruding machine operator
- fiber machine operative
- fiber machine tender
- fibre machine operative
- fibre machine operator
- fibre machine tender
- field kiln burner
- field kiln operative
- field kiln operator
- flat glass kiln operator
- flue tile press operator
- forming machine setter
- gas kiln operative
- gas kiln operator
- glass annealer
- glass annealing kiln operative
- glass annealing kiln operator
- glass annealing kiln worker
- glass annealing oven worker
- glass edge grinder
- glass fibre machine operator
- glass finisher
- glass forming and finishing machine operator
- glass forming machine operative
- glass forming machine operator
- glass forming machine worker
- glass grinder
- glass kiln operator
- glass molder
- glass moulder
- glass operative
- glass polisher
- glass product production worker
- glass production operative
- glass production operator
- glass production polisher
- glass-blowing machine operator
- glassmaker
- glost kiln firer
- glost kiln operator
- kiln burner
- kiln filler
- kiln fireman
- kiln firer
- kiln hand
- kiln man
- kiln tender
- kiln woman
- kiln worker
- kilnman
- kilnwoman
- lehr kiln operative
- lehr kiln operator
- lehr kiln tender
- lehr operative
- lehr operator
- lehr tender
- manual control auger press operative
- manual control auger press operator
- manual control auger press worker
- periodic kiln burner
- plate glass polisher
- porcelain caster
- pot annealer
- pottery and porcelain caster
- pottery and porcelain molder
- pottery and porcelain moulder
- pottery and porcelain ware caster
- pottery caster
- presser
- production machine operator
- pug mill operator
- retort kiln burner
- retort kiln operative
- retort kiln operator
- roofing tile burner
- roofing tile kiln operative
- roofing tile kiln operator
- round kiln firer
- sewer pipe press operator
- staple fiber machine tender
- staple fibre machine tender
- tile caster
- tunnel drier operator
- tunnel kiln firer
- tunnel kiln operative
- tunnel kiln operator
- tunnel kiln worker
Training
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureLowBLS AI exposure category "low" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookStableBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic; Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders; Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders (+3))
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayModestBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $46,340
EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.