Description
Clay kiln burners bake clay products such as brick, sewer pipe or tiles using periodic or tunnel kilns. They regulate valves, observe thermometers, watch for fluctuations, and maintain the kilns.
EssentialOptional
Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
operate brick ovencontrol kiln firingadjust clay burning levelmaintain furnace temperaturemanage kiln ventilationadjust burner controlsobserve products' behaviour under processing conditionspreheat kiln carregulate gas-firingoperate furnacecontrol temperatureprevent kiln loss of heatinspect quality of productsload materials into furnaceoptimise production processes parametersprepare kiln fireboxcreate ceramic objectscut tilesoperate a ceramics kilnoperate industrial ovenstransfer kiln-baked productspolish clay productsstore productsoperate a heat treatment processmaintain equipmenttypes of tilewrite batch record documentationperform kiln maintenance