Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing Salary in San Jose, CA

Common tasks

• Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings.
• 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.
• 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.
• Drill holes and cut or carve moldings and grooves in stone, according to diagrams and patterns.
• Remove or add stencils during blasting to create differing cut depths, intricate designs, or rough, pitted finishes.
• Guide nozzles over stone, following stencil outlines, or chip along marks to create designs or to work surfaces down to specified finishes.
• 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.
• Select chisels, pneumatic or surfacing tools, or sandblasting nozzles, and determine sequence of use.
• Load sandblasting equipment with abrasives, attach nozzles to hoses, and turn valves to admit compressed air and activate jets.