Stone Carver

On the job, you would:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.