Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
Stonecutters cut or carve stone according to diagrams and patterns.
Stone Carvers job verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments, move fingers over surfaces of carvings to ensure smoothness of finish, shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings, layout 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 and cut, shape, and finish rough blocks of building or monumental stone, according to diagrams or patterns.
Apart from training, a stone cutter job description includes abilities like the ability to keep hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position, control precision (quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions), near vision and 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.
To become successful as a Stone Carvers job, you need to be reliable, dependable, honest, detail-oriented, composed, and hard-working. An excellent job projected growth is foreseen for this profile.
Qualifications
Every career requires an element of study and academic qualification, and there can be several study routes and pathways you can take. In following any academic pathway you will study subjects that contribute to the specialised knowledge required to achieve your career goals. These qualifications provide a future employer with the evidence that you have the desired knowledge, understanding and experience of their industry, so it’s important to consider the various types of qualifications available to you and to understand how they can boost your career and create opportunities for you.
- Diploma Mason (Building Constructor)
- NSQF Level 1 Helper Mason
- NSQF Level 3 Mason-Concrete
- NSQF Level 4 Mason General
Tasks
- 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.
- Verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments.
- Lay out designs or dimensions from sketches or blueprints on stone surfaces, by freehand or by transferring them from tracing paper, using scribes or chalk and measuring instruments.
- Study artistic objects or graphic materials, such as models, sketches, or blueprints, to plan carving or cutting techniques.
- Drill holes and cut or carve moldings and grooves in stone, according to diagrams and patterns.
- Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings.
- Select chisels, pneumatic or surfacing tools, or sandblasting nozzles and determine sequence of use.
- Move fingers over surfaces of carvings to ensure smoothness of finish.
- 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.
Progression Routes
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