Education:
43%
Less than a High School Diploma
34%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, & Finishers
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Job Outlook:
None
Education:
High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High:
$56,470.00
Average:
$41,680.00
Hourly
Average:
$20.04
What they do:
Shape molten glass according to patterns.
On the job, you would:
- Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.
- 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.
Personality
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Characteristics of this Career |
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80% | Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. | |
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72% | Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. | |
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72% | Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. | |
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68% | Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. | |
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67% | Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. | |
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66% | Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. | |
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65% | Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Strengths |
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95% | Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services. | |
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67% | Conventional - Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Values of the Work Environment |
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72% | Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. | |
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72% | Support - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
Aptitude
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality |
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72% | Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |
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72% | Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |
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69% | Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |
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69% | Reaction Time - The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |
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66% | Visual Color Discrimination - The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |
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66% | Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |
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66% | Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
Job Details
Responsibilities
Weigh finished products.
Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
Record operational or production data.
Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
Shape glass or similar materials.
Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
Shape glass or similar materials.
Create diagrams or blueprints for workpieces or products.
Select production input materials.
Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
Draw guide lines or markings on materials or workpieces using patterns or other references.
Melt metal, plastic, or other materials to prepare for production.
Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
Apply parting agents or other solutions to molds.
Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
Place materials into molds.
Design jewelry or decorative objects.
Replace worn equipment components.
Repair production equipment or tools.
Operate grinding equipment.
Maintain production or processing equipment.
Operate heating or drying equipment.
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent |
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100% | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings - How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? | |
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97% | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets - How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? | |
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87% | Exposed to Contaminants - How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? | |
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85% | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable - How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? | |
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84% | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? | |
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81% | Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? | |
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80% | Frequency of Decision Making - How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? | |
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77% | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures - How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? | |
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76% | Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? | |
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75% | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls - How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? | |
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71% | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment - How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? | |
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71% | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results - What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? | |
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71% | Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? | |
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71% | Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? | |
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70% | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions? | |
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65% | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? | |
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65% | Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing? | |
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71% | Duration of Typical Work Week - Number of hours typically worked in one week. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Tasks & Values |
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85% | Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | |
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77% | Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |