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. | |
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63% | Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. | |
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63% | Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. | |
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62% | Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. | |
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62% | Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. | |
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60% | Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. | |
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60% | Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. | |
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58% | Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. | |
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54% | Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. | |
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52% | Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
| 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. | |
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56% | Artistic - Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art. |
| 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. | |
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56% | Independence - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
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% | 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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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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66% | Visual Color Discrimination - The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |
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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. | |
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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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63% | Rate Control - The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. | |
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63% | Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |
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63% | Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |
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60% | Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |
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60% | Perceptual Speed - The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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% | Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing? | |
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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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64% | Consequence of Error - How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? | |
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63% | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment - How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) | |
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63% | Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? | |
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59% | Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? | |
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57% | Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? | |
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53% | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting - How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? | |
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53% | Letters and Memos - How often does the job require written letters and memos? | |
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51% | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results - How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? | |
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51% | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety - How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? | |
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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). | |
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64% | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | |
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62% | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. | |
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62% | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials - Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. | |
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61% | Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. | |
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56% | Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. | |
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53% | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. | |
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52% | Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |