Stone Engraver Building & Related Trades Workers

The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.

Different types of stone suitable for engraving. The appearance, cost and usual applications of each type, and their properties relevant to the engraving process.

Recommended Books

1 book

Customizer Electric Engraving Pen User Handbook for beginners

Bauer Patrick L.

2026

Preview

Various types of needles used for engraving, their qualities and their applications.

Adjust cut sizes and depths of cutting tools. Adjust heights of worktables and machine-arms.

Engrave and print designs and patterns onto a variety of surfaces.

Ensure that the necessary equipment is provided, ready and available for use before start of procedures.

Measure the raw materials prior to their loading in the mixer or in machines, ensuring they conform with the specifications.

Operate mechanical engraving tools and machines, set controls of cutting tools. Make adjustments if necessary.

Polish and clean engraved etching areas.

Cool down the workpiece to keep it safe and comfortable to work with. Cooling a workpiece with water has the added benefit of removing dust and debris.

Inspect the surface of the stone to identify any uneven areas.

Position and clamp work pieces, plates, or rollers in holding fixtures.

Prepare mechanical tools and workpieces for engraving by polishing their surface and bevelling the workpiece to remove sharp edges. Polishing is done using different sandpapers and sand films which are …

Prepare mechanical tools and work pieces for etching by polishing their surface and bevelling the work piece to remove sharp edges. Polishing is done using different sandpapers and sand films …

Sketch or scribe layouts and designs on workpieces, plates, dies or rollers. Use compasses, scribers, gravers, pencils, etc.

Wash the stone chips obtained while drilling, by using water hose.

The characteristics of various materials and methods used to engrave something on a surface.

The most optimal rotation or cycle time and over-all quality of a tool or a machine's processes.

Read and interpret such technical resources such as digital or paper drawings and adjustment data in order to properly set up a machine or working tool, or to assemble mechanical …

Use appropriate questions and active listening in order to identify customer expectations, desires and requirements according to product and services.

Use various techniques to ensure the product quality is respecting the quality standards and specifications. Oversee defects, packaging and sendbacks of products to different production departments.

Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.

Operate a forklift, a vehicle with a pronged device in front for lifting and carrying heavy loads.

Perform tests putting a system, machine, tool or other equipment through a series of actions under actual operating conditions in order to assess its reliability and suitability to realise its …

Set up the desired product design in the CNC controller of the CNC machine for product manufacturing.

Evaluate which deficient processed workpieces do not meet the set-up standard and should be removed and sort the waste according to regulations.

Remove individual workpieces after processing, from the manufacturing machine or the machine tool. In case of a conveyor belt this involves quick, continuous movement.

Maintain required company records and forms in order to report any defective materials or questionable conditions of manufacturing machinery and equipment.

Set up and give commands to a machine by dispatching the appropriate data and input into the (computer) controller corresponding with the desired processed product.

Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the …

Supply the machine with the necessary tools and items for a particular production purpose.

Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

Apply painting techniques such as 'trompe l'oeil', 'faux finishing' and aging techniques.

Quality control of engravings and etchings; check for cuts, burns, rough spots and irregular or incomplete engraving.

Regular maintenance of cutting wheels and other mechanic engraving tools.

Use lifting equipment to lower the heavy pieces into boxes and guide them by hand to make sure they take the right place. Wrap the pieces in a protective material. …

Polish stone using polishing tools and machines in order to obtained a smooth and lustrous product.

Perform operations on a sculpted or engraved stone workpiece to make it resistant to stains, discolouration, and others types of damage.

Examine diagrams, sketches, blueprints and samples, and calculate how they are to be engraved onto work pieces.