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53124.02 – Glass blowers

Glass blowers use manual and artistic skills to design and make ornamental and specialty glass objects.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Glass blower
  • Glass novelty maker

Core competencies

  • Equipment and Tool Selection to choose the appropriate tools and instruments for shaping, manipulating and finishing molten glass with precision and safety
  • Operation and Control to manage the temperature, movement and shaping of molten glass using specialized equipment, ensuring precise and safe outcomes during the glassblowing process
  • Colour Perception to mix and blend molten glass colours, ensuring the desired aesthetic effects and visual harmony in art pieces
  • Finger-Hand-Wrist Motion to manipulate molten glass with precision, shape it consistently and control intricate details during the blowing and forming process
  • Attention to Detail to work with molten glass, which requires precise control over temperature and timing, with any small deviations affecting the shape, clarity and structural integrity of the glass object
  • Knowledge in Arts to understand glass-blowing operations and acquire and apply glass-blowing techniques in order to create ornamental and specialty glass objects

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Design and create glass objects using blowpipes and artisan's hand tools and equipment.

Additional information

No data has been provided for this section.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Painters, sculptors and other visual artists (53122)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

5 – Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport

TEER

3 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years; or more than six months of on-the-job training

Major group

53 – Occupations in art, culture and sport

Sub-major group

531 – Occupations in art and culture

Minor group

5312 – Occupations in creative and performing art

Unit group

53124 – Artisans and craftspersons

Occupational profile

53124.02 – Glass blowers

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