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OSCA 231732Updated 2026-01-29
Potter or Ceramic Artist
National shortage level: Low
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Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 87k
Weekly earnings: AUD 1680
Salary range: AUD 78k-AUD 96k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
29.9%
NSW
29%
VIC
17.9%
QLD
Education mix
35.5%
bachelor degree
17.8%
advanced diploma/ diploma
13.3%
Post graduate
Role overview
Potters or Ceramic Artists conceive and create functional or artistic articles by moulding clay, glass and other fusible materials using hand-building and wheel techniques.
What you do
- • Selects artistic media, method and materials.
- • Moulds clay into functional and artistic articles by wheel-throwing, moulding and hand-building.
- • Mixes glazing materials and applies glazes to dried pottery by dipping and painting.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: bachelor degree (35.5%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Mixes glazing materials and applies glazes to dried pottery by dipping and painting.
- • Moulds clay into functional and artistic articles by wheel-throwing, moulding and hand-building.
- • Places finished and decorated pieces in kilns.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 1680
Annual median: AUD 87k
Range: AUD 78k-AUD 96k