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| 7113 STONE SPLITTERS, CUTTERS AND CARVERS
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Stone splitters, cutters and carvers break quarried stone
slabs or blocks, or by using hand or hand-powered tools cut,
shape and finish stone for building, ornamental, monumental and
other purposes.
Tasks include -
(a) driving wedges into quarried stone to break it into slabs
or blocks;
(b) selecting and grading slabs and blocks of granite, marble,
and other stone;
(c) cutting, shaping and finishing building and monumental stone
such as granite or marble by using hand or hand-powered
tools;
(d) making patterns and marking shapes on stone for subsequent
sawing, planing, drilling and other dressing and cutting
operations;
(e) cutting and carving characters, figures or designs on stone
blocks used for monuments or memorials;
(f) setting stone in the erection of monuments and memorials;
(g) cutting and carving characters, figures or designs on stone
used for decorative facings on buildings-
(h) performing related tasks;
(i) supervising other workers.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Carver, stone
- Cutter, stone
- Mason, monument
- Splitter, stone
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Machine-operator, carving/stone products - 8212
- Machine-operator, cutting/stone products - 8212
- Machine-operator, splitting/stone 8112
- Sculptor - 2452
- Stonemason, construction - 7122
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