Stone driller jobs in Finland
Stone drillers operate the drilling machine that bores holes into stone blocks. They manipulate granit, sandstone, marble and slate according to specifications.
Stone driller – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 21.64 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 15.95 €/h |
| Top tenth | 27.68 €/h |
| Employees | 1,194 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 20.08 €/h | 133 |
| Men | 21.85 €/h | 1,061 |
Stone driller - Which skills are essential?
Different types of stone that stonemasons and other stone workers use to process into building materials. The mechanical properties of stone, such as their weight, tensile strength, durability. Economical properties such as cost, transport and sourcing.
Optimise and maintain the parameters of the production process such as flow, temperature or pressure.
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.
Remove individual workpieces after processing, from the manufacturing machine or the machine tool. In case of a conveyor belt this involves quick, continuous movement.
The most optimal rotation or cycle time and over-all quality of a tool or a machine's processes.
Qualities and applications of various types of boring heads, such as rough boring heads, fine boring heads and others.
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
Operate a semi-automated, semi-manual drill press to drill holes in a work piece, safely and according to regulations.
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 production line.
Maneuver the blocks of stone, placing them in the correct position in the machine bed using electric hoist, wooden blocks and wedges.
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.
Operate a range of drilling equipment, pneumatic as well as electrical and mechanical. Tend drilling equipment, monitor and operate it, according to regulations. Safely and efficiently drill holes using the correct equipment, settings, and drill bits.
Qualities and applications of various types of drill bits, such as core drill bits, spotting drill bits, countersink drill bits and others.
Stone driller - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Maintenance and repair of a variety of drilling equipment.
Ensure that all drilling equipment works correctly and safely; inspect machines before as well as during drilling operations.
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.
Operate a forklift, a vehicle with a pronged device in front for lifting and carrying heavy loads.
Check the impact of manufacturing machinery on the environment, analysing temperature levels, water quality and air pollution.
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 tasks, and adjust settings accordingly.
Dispose of possibly hazardous waste material created in the cutting process, such as swarf, scrap and slugs, sort according to regulations, and clean up workplace.
Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.
Continuously check up on the automated machine's set-up and execution or make regular control rounds. If necessary, record and interpret data on the operating conditions of installations and equipment in order to identify abnormalities.
Identify dull edges to sharp tools, or any defect in the edge. Use appropriate equipment to safely and effectively sharpen the tool. Maintain and protect sharpened tools. Report irreparable faults to the appropriate person.
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 equipment.
Maintain required company records and forms in order to report any defective materials or questionable conditions of manufacturing machinery and equipment.
Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.
Mark planes, lines and points onto a stone workpiece to show where material will be removed.
Wash the stone chips obtained while drilling, by using water hose.
Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.
Measure the raw materials prior to their loading in the mixer or in machines, ensuring they conform with the specifications.