NOC 9414 – Concrete, clay and stone forming operators

Index

Intro

This unit group includes workers who cast and finish concrete products, operate machines to extrude, mould, press and bake clay products, and operate machines to form, cut and finish stone products. They are employed by concrete, clay and stone products manufacturing companies.

Mobility is possible between workers within each of the concrete, clay and stone manufacturing sectors, but there is little or no mobility between these manufacturing sectors.

Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.

Main Duties

Concrete products forming and finishing workers perform some or all of the following duties:

• Construct clay models and moulds by hand and with hand tools for use in casting concrete products
• Build and repair wooden forms used to mould concrete products
• Position reinforcing rods or wire mesh in moulds and fill moulds with concrete from suspended pouring buckets
• Start vibrating tables to settle concrete, or tamp concrete using electric vibrator
• Remove castings from mould with crane or forklift, and finish surfaces of castings using screed or trowel
• Cut cured concrete pipe sections with saw or chisel, and cement sections together to form odd shaped fittings.

Concrete products machine operators perform some or all of the following duties:

• Set up, adjust and operate single-function machines to mix, drill, grind and cut concrete to specifications in the manufacture of concrete products
• Check products for quality control, repair flaws and perform ongoing machine adjustments and minor maintenance as necessary
• Move products using forklift, crane or hydraulic hoist
• Record manufacturing information such as quantity, size and type of goods produced.

Clay products forming and finishing machine operators perform some or all of the following duties:

• Set up and operate automatic machines that mix ingredients, extrude tempered clay mixture and cut extruded clay into sections to make products such as bricks, drain tiles and porcelain insulators
• Operate mechanical or hydraulic ram and hot-presses to form pottery and porcelain ware
• Prepare and mix slip and fill moulds with slip to form pottery and porcelain ware such as jugs, cups, sinks and toilet bowls
• Operate kiln to bake clay products to specified hardness.

Stone forming and finishing workers perform some or all of the following duties:

• Operate blade or wire saws to cut blocks of stone to specified dimensions
• Operate machines to grind and polish surfaces of stone blocks, slabs or other stone products to specific shape or design and to produce smooth finish
• Operate sandblasting equipment to cut inscriptions or decorative designs in stone monuments
• Finish stone products with spray paint and by mounting plaques or installing concrete bases
• Operate stone-dressing lathe to sharpen and dress grindstones that grind logs into pulp
• Operate machine to drill holes in blocks or slabs of stone according to specifications.

Employment Requirements

• Some secondary school education may be required.
• On-the-job training is provided.
• Experience as a helper or labourer in concrete, clay or stone products manufacturing may be required.
• Mould makers in this unit group who construct and repair wooden forms may require some carpentry or woodworking experience.

All Titles

• abrasive mixer – stone products
• abrasive products kiln fireman/woman – non-metallic mineral productsabrasive products kiln fireman – non-metallic mineral products, abrasive products kiln firewoman – non-metallic mineral products
• abrasive wheel grinder
• abrasive wheel grinder, rubber
• abrasive wheel maker
• abrasive wheel maker, diamond
• abrasive wheel maker, rubber
• abrasive wheel moulder
• abrasives furnace preparer – stone products
• asbestos board curer
• asbestos board machine operator
• asbestos board machinery setter
• asbestos mixer tender
• asbestos shingle assembler
• asbestos shingle cutter
• asbestos shingle maker
• asbestos shingle presser
• assembler, asbestos shingles
• auger machine operator, drain tiles – clay products
• automatic jigger man/woman – clay productsautomatic jigger man – clay products, automatic jigger woman – clay products
• automatic jigger operator – clay products
• baker, bricks – clay productsbrick kilnman – clay products, brick kilnwoman – clay products, kilnman, bricks – clay products, kilnwoman, bricks – clay products
• bender, clay pipes
• beveller, stones
• bisque kiln operator – clay products
• block cuber – concrete, clay and stone products
• block machine operator – concrete, clay and stone products
• block maker, cement – concrete products
• block maker, concrete
• block maker, stonework
• block moulder, cement – concrete products
• block-making machine operator – concrete, clay and stone products
• block-making machine tender – concrete, clay and stone products
• boat builder, quartz – stone products
• boring mill operator – concrete products
• brake lining finisher, asbestos
• brick and tile caster – clay products
• brick and tile-making machine operator – clay products
• brick baker – clay products
• brick burner – clay products
• brick cutter – clay products
• brick kiln operator – clay products
• brick kilnman/woman – clay products
• brick machine set-up operator – clay products
• brick maker – clay products
• brick moulder – clay products
• brick moulder, hand – clay products
• brick presser – clay products
• brick presser operator
• brick-cutting machine operator – clay products
• brick-moulding machine operator – clay products
• brush coater operator – concrete products
• buffer, stone products
• builder, insulators – clay products
• burial vault maker, concrete
• burner, bricks – clay products
• carbon planer tender – stone products
• carver, granite
• carver, marble – concrete, clay and stone forming
• carver, monuments – stone products
• caster – concrete products
• caster, bricks and tiles – clay products
• caster, concrete mixer
• caster, pottery and porcelain ware
• caster, scagliola – stone products
• cement block maker – concrete products
• cement block moulder – concrete products
• cement pipe shaper operator – concrete products
• cement pipe shaper, machine – clay products
• cement polisher
• ceramic tile press operator – concrete products
• chipper, pottery and porcelain
• cinder block machine operator – concrete products
• circular saw operator – concrete, clay and stone products
• clay dry press operator
• clay insulator builder – clay products
• clay pipe bender
• clay press operator
• clay products machine operator
• clay products moulder
• clay products moulder, hand
• clay products polisher
• clay structure moulder and installer
• clay temperer – clay products
• clayware driller
• clayware turner
• claywork moulder
• concrete block machine operator
• concrete block maker
• concrete burial vault maker
• concrete fittings maker
• concrete hydraulic press operator
• concrete mixer caster
• concrete mixer operator – concrete manufacturing
• concrete mixer-caster
• concrete moulder
• concrete operator – dry cast
• concrete operator – wet cast
• concrete pipe machine tender
• concrete plant operator
• concrete pole maker – concrete products manufacturing
• concrete pole moulder – concrete products manufacturing
• concrete products machine operator
• concrete products moulder
• concrete saw tender
• concrete sawyer
• concrete spin caster
• concrete vault maker
• concrete-spinning machine operator
• contour grinder, machine – concrete, clay and stone products
• contour-grinding machine operator – concrete, clay and stone products
• corrugated asbestos board former
• crusher operator – stone products
• cupola operator – concrete, clay and stone products
• cutter operator – concrete, clay and stone products
• cutter, asbestos shingles
• cutter, bricks – clay products
• cutter, granite
• cutter, grave markers – stone products
• cutter, marble
• cutter, millstones – stone products
• cutter, slate
• cutter, stencils – stone products
• cutter, stonework stencils
• decorated products kilnman/woman – clay productsdecorated products kilnman – clay products, decorated products kilnwoman – clay products, kilnman, decorated products – clay products, kilnwoman, decorated products – clay products
• decorating kiln operator – clay products
• decorating machine tender – clay products
• decorator, machine – clay products
• diamond abrasive wheel maker
• diamond powder mixer – stone products
• diamond wheel moulder and finisher
• die maker, plaster
• dish maker – clay products
• drain tile auger machine operator – clay products
• dresser, grinding wheels
• dresser, ware – concrete, clay and stone products
• drill press operator – stone products
• drill press operator, stonework
• driller, clayware
• driller, greenware – clay products
• driller, stones – stone products
• dry pan operator – stone products
• dry plaster mixer
• dry press operator – clay products
• dry products mixer – stone products
• dryer, pottery – clay products
• drying machine tender – clay products
• electrolytic cell maker – concrete products
• engraver, monuments – stone products
• engraver, stonework – stone products
• extruder operator – concrete, clay and stone products
• fabricator, quartzware – stone products
• filler, moulds – clay products
• finisher – concrete, clay and stone products
• finisher, greenware – clay products
• finisher, pipes – clay products
• finisher, surface plates – concrete, clay and stone products
• fitting lathe operator – concrete products
• flowerpot pressman/woman – clay productsflowerpot pressman – clay products, flowerpot presswoman – clay products, pressman, flowerpots – clay products, presswoman, flowerpots – clay products
• former, corrugated asbestos board
• former, pottery and porcelain – clay products
• forming machine operator – concrete, clay and stone products
• gang sawyer – stone products manufacturing
• glaze maker – clay products
• glazed products kilnman/woman – clay productsglazed products kilnman – clay products, glazed products kilnwoman – clay products, kilnman, glazed products – clay products, kilnwoman, glazed products – clay products
• glost kiln operator – clay products
• granite carver
• granite cutter
• granite polisher, hand
• granite polisher, machine
• granite products polisher
• grave marker cutter – stone products
• greenware driller – clay products
• greenware finisher – clay products
• greenware turner operator – clay products
• greenware turner, machine – clay products
• grinder – concrete, clay and stone products
• grinder tender, stones
• grinder, pottery and porcelain
• grinder, rubber abrasive wheels
• grinding stone sharpener
• grinding wheel dresser
• gypsum plasterboard maker
• hammer mill tender – concrete, clay and stone products
• hand brick moulder – clay products
• hand clay products moulder
• hand marble polisher
• hand moulder – clay products
• hand moulder, bricks – clay products
• hand moulder, clay products
• hand polisher, granite
• hand polisher, marble
• hand polisher, stones
• hand porcelain and earthenware presser – clay products
• hand presser – clay products
• hand presser, porcelain and earthenware – clay products
• hand stone polisher
• hand stonecutter
• hot press operator – clay products
• hydraulic press operator, concrete
• hydrogen furnace tender – clay products
• insulation mat machine operator – stone products
• insulator builder – clay products
• insulator builder, clay – clay products
• jigger operator – clay products
• jigger operator, automatic – clay products
• jiggerman/woman – clay productsjiggerman – clay products, jiggerwoman – clay products
• joint sawyer – concrete, clay and stone products
• jollier – clay products
• junction maker – concrete, clay and stone products
• kiln fireman/woman – clay productskiln fireman – clay products, kiln firewoman – clay products
• kiln operator, bricks – clay products
• kiln operator, decorating – clay products
• kiln operator, glost – clay products
• kiln operator, periodic – clay products
• kiln operator, tunnel – clay products
• kilnman/woman – clay productskilnman – clay products, kilnwoman – clay products
• kilnman/woman, bricks – clay products
• kilnman/woman, decorated products – clay products
• kilnman/woman, glazed products – clay products
• kilnman/woman, periodic – clay productskilnman, periodic – clay products, kilnwoman, periodic – clay products, periodic kilnman – clay products, periodic kilnwoman – clay products
• kilnman/woman, tunnel – clay productskilnman, tunnel – clay products, kilnwoman, tunnel – clay products, tunnel kilnman – clay products, tunnel kilnwoman – clay products
• lathe operator – concrete products
• laundry tub moulder – concrete products
• layout marker, stones
• letterer, monuments – stone products
• lime mixer operator
• lime mixer tender
• machine buffer, stones
• machine cement pipe shaper – clay products
• machine contour grinder – concrete, clay and stone products
• machine decorator – clay products
• machine greenware turner – clay products
• machine marble polisher – stone products
• machine operator, brick cutting – clay products
• machine operator, brick moulding – clay products
• machine operator, clay products
• machine operator, concrete blocks
• machine operator, concrete spinning
• machine operator, plasterboard
• machine polisher, granite
• machine polisher, marble – stone products
• machine shaper, cement pipes – clay products
• machine splitter, stones
• machine stone buffer
• machine stone splitter
• machine turner, greenware – clay products
• marble carver – concrete, clay and stone forming
• marble cutter
• marble polisher, hand
• marble polisher, machine – stone products
• marker, stone layouts
• mill tender – clay products
• millstone cutter – stone products
• mixer – concrete, clay and stone products
• mixer and extruder, modelling clay
• mixer caster, concrete
• mixer operator – concrete products
• mixer operator, lime
• mixer tender, lime
• mixer, dry plaster
• mixer, dry products – stone products
• mixer, mortar
• mixer, refractory mortar
• mixer, slate
• mixer-caster, concrete
• mixing machine tender, plasterboard
• model maker, pottery
• modelling clay mixer and extruder
• monument carver – stone products
• monument engraver – stone products
• monument letterer – stone products
• monument stonecutter – stone products
• mortar mixer
• mould filler – clay products
• moulder and finisher, diamond wheels
• moulder and installer, clay structures
• moulder, bricks – clay products
• moulder, cement blocks – concrete products
• moulder, clay products
• moulder, claywork
• moulder, concrete
• moulder, concrete poles – concrete products manufacturing
• moulder, concrete products
• moulder, hand – clay products
• moulder, pipe fittings – concrete products
• moulder, precast concrete
• moulder, refractory tamp – clay products
• moulder, saggars – clay products
• moulder, stone products
• moulder, stonework
• mouldmaker – clay products
• mouldmaker, pottery
• operator, asbestos board machine
• operator, automatic jigger – clay products
• operator, boring mill – concrete products
• operator, brick kiln – clay products
• operator, brick presser – clay products
• operator, brick-cutting machine – clay products
• operator, brick-moulding machine – clay products
• operator, brush coater – concrete products
• operator, cement pipe shaper – concrete products
• operator, ceramic tile press – concrete products
• operator, cinder block machine – concrete products
• operator, clay dry press
• operator, clay press
• operator, clay products machine
• operator, concrete block machine
• operator, concrete hydraulic press
• operator, concrete products machine
• operator, concrete-spinning machine
• operator, contour-grinding machine – concrete, clay and stone products
• operator, cupola – concrete, clay and stone products
• operator, cutter – concrete, clay and stone products
• operator, decorating kiln – clay products
• operator, drain tile auger machine – clay products
• operator, drill press – stone products
• operator, dry pan – stone products
• operator, dry press – clay products
• operator, extruder – concrete, clay and stone products
• operator, forming machine – concrete, clay and stone products
• operator, glost kiln – clay products
• operator, greenware turner – clay products
• operator, hot press – clay products
• operator, insulation mat machine – stone products
• operator, jigger – clay products
• operator, lathe – concrete products
• operator, lime mixer
• operator, pebble mill – stone products
• operator, periodic kiln – clay products
• operator, planer – stone products
• operator, plasterboard machine
• operator, portable diamond drill and saw
• operator, pug mill – clay products
• operator, ram press – clay products
• operator, ripsaw – stone products
• operator, rock wool – stone products
• operator, sandblast – stone products
• operator, steam tank – stone products
• operator, stone products machine
• operator, stonework drill press
• operator, stonework sandblast
• operator, stonework saw
• operator, tunnel kiln – clay products
• operator, wire saw – concrete, clay and stone products
• paving and stone block maker – concrete and stone products
• pebble mill operator – stone products
• periodic kiln operator – clay products
• periodic kilnman/woman – clay products
• pipe finisher – clay products
• pipe fittings moulder – concrete products
• pipe junction maker – concrete products
• pipe tester – concrete products
• planer operator – stone products
• planer, stones
• plaster die maker
• plasterboard machine operator
• plasterboard maker, gypsum
• plasterboard-mixing machine tender
• pole maker, concrete – concrete products manufacturing
• polisher – concrete, clay and stone products
• polisher, cement
• polisher, clay products
• polisher, granite products
• polisher, pottery and porcelain
• polisher, stone products
• porcelain and earthenware presser, hand – clay products
• portable diamond drill and saw operator
• pottery and porcelain chipper
• pottery and porcelain former – clay products
• pottery and porcelain grinder
• pottery and porcelain polisher
• pottery and porcelain presser
• pottery and porcelain sagger maker
• pottery and porcelain sander
• pottery and porcelain turner – clay products
• pottery and porcelain ware caster
• pottery dryer – clay products
• pottery model maker
• pottery mould maker
• pottery trimmer
• precast concrete moulder
• precast concrete slab maker
• precast terrazzo maker
• press operator, ceramic tiles – concrete products
• press operator, clay
• presser, bricks – clay products
• presser, pottery and porcelain
• pressman/woman, flowerpots – clay products
• pug mill operator – clay products
• pulpstone builder
• quartzware fabricator – stone products
• ram press operator – clay products
• refractory mortar mixer
• refractory tamp moulder – clay products
• retort tender – clay products
• ripsaw operator – stone products
• ripsawyer – stone products
• rock wool operator – stone products
• rubber abrasive wheel grinder
• saggar moulder – clay products
• sagger maker, pottery and porcelain
• sandblast operator – stone products
• sandblast operator, stonework
• sandblaster, stones
• sander, pottery and porcelain
• saw operator, stonework
• saw operator, wire – concrete, clay and stone products
• saw tender, concrete
• sawyer, concrete
• sawyer, joints – concrete, clay and stone products
• sawyer, stones – stone products
• scagliola caster – stone products
• set-up operator, brick machine – clay products
• shaper operator, cement pipes – concrete products
• sharpener, grinding stones
• slab maker, precast concrete
• slate bed maker – clay products
• slate cutter
• slate mixer
• slate-cutting and slate-grinding machine tender
• slip mixer tender
• splitter tender, stone slabs
• steam tank operator – stone products
• steam-pressure cylinder tender – clay products
• stencil cutter – stone products
• stone beveller
• stone buffer, machine
• stone driller
• stone driller – stone products
• stone grinder tender
• stone layout marker
• stone planer
• stone polisher, hand
• stone polisher, machine
• stone products buffer
• stone products machine operator
• stone products moulder
• stone products polisher
• stone sandblaster
• stone saw operator
• stone sawyer – stone products
• stone slab splitter tender
• stone splitter, machine
• stonecutter – stone products
• stonecutter, hand
• stonecutter, monuments – stone products
• stonework block maker
• stonework drill press operator
• stonework engraver – stone products
• stonework moulder
• stonework sandblast operator
• stonework saw operator
• stonework stencil cutter
• surface plate finisher – concrete, clay and stone products
• tender, concrete pipe machine
• tender, concrete saw
• tender, decorating machine – clay products
• tender, drying machine – clay products
• tender, hammer mill – concrete, clay and stone products
• tender, hydrogen furnace – clay products
• tender, lime mixer
• tender, mill – clay products
• tender, retort – clay products
• tender, slate-cutting and slate-grinding machine
• tender, slip mixer
• tender, steam-pressure cylinder – clay products
• tender, stone grinder
• tender, stone slab splitter
• terrazzo maker, precast
• tester, pipes – concrete products
• tile burner – clay productstile kilnman – clay products, tile kilnwoman – clay products
• tile kilnman/woman – clay products
• tile maker – clay products
• trimmer, pottery
• tunnel kiln operator – clay products
• tunnel kilnman/woman – clay products
• turner operator, greenware – clay products
• turner, clayware
• turner, pottery and porcelain – clay products
• vault maker, concrete
• ware dresser – concrete, clay and stone products
• wheel maker, abrasive
• wire saw operator – concrete, clay and stone products

Exclusions

• Concrete finishers (7282)
• Helpers and labourers in concrete, clay and stone products manufacturing (See 9611 Labourers in mineral and metal processing)
• Inspectors of concrete, clay and stone products (See 9415 Inspectors and testers, mineral and metal processing)
• Sculptors (See 5136 Painters, sculptors and other visual artists)
• Stone carvers and potters (See 5244 Artisans and craftspersons)
• Stone masons (See 7281 Bricklayers)
• Supervisors of workers in this unit group (See 9211 Supervisors, mineral and metal processing)