Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing

No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (56%).

• Load sandblasting equipment with abrasives, attach nozzles to hoses, and turn valves to admit compressed air and activate jets.
• Select chisels, pneumatic or surfacing tools, or sandblasting nozzles, and determine sequence of use.
• Study artistic objects or graphic materials, such as models, sketches, or blueprints, to plan carving or cutting techniques.
• Verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments.
• Copy drawings on rough clay or plaster models.
• Cut, shape, and finish rough blocks of building or monumental stone, according to diagrams or patterns.
• Drill holes and cut or carve moldings and grooves in stone, according to diagrams and patterns.
• Smooth surfaces of carvings, using rubbing stones.
• Move fingers over surfaces of carvings to ensure smoothness of finish.

• Lay out designs or dimensions from sketches or blueprints on stone surfaces, freehand or by transferring them from tracing paper, using scribes or chalk and measuring instruments.
• Carve designs or figures in full or bas relief on stone, employing knowledge of stone carving techniques and sense of artistry to produce carvings consistent with designers' plans.
• Carve rough designs freehand or by chipping along marks on stone, using mallets and chisels or pneumatic tools.
• Guide nozzles over stone, following stencil outlines, or chip along marks to create designs or to work surfaces down to specified finishes.
• Dress stone surfaces, using bushhammers.
• Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings.
• Remove or add stencils during blasting to create differing cut depths, intricate designs, or rough, pitted finishes.