Almost everywhere you look, you will see glass in some form. A large range of glass products are manufactured in Australia, including laminated glass, safety glass, windscreens, mirrors, bottles, jars, glass fibre and glass wool products, mirrors, laboratory and scientific glassware, optical glass and even stained glass.

Glass is made by heating sand, glass waste and other materials to a temperature of over 1500 degrees in a purpose built furnace. This molten glass is then either cast to make products such as window glass or mechanically blown to create a variety glass jars and bottles.

The Australian glass industry is highly automated, and offers great opportunities to learn to operate a range of equipment including computer controlled machinery and robotics.

New glass products are constantly being created. If you love variety, enjoy using a range of skills and like solving problems, then Glass production could be a great career for you.