Stone engraver jobs in Finland
Stone engravers use hand tools, machines and chemical products to etch and carve patterns and inscriptions on stone surfaces.
Stone engraver – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 18.19 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 13.36 €/h |
| Top tenth | 28.42 €/h |
| Employees | 862 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 16.96 €/h | 74 |
| Men | 18.43 €/h | 788 |
Stone engraver - Which skills are essential?
Position and clamp work pieces, plates, or rollers in holding fixtures.
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.
Sketch or scribe layouts and designs on workpieces, plates, dies or rollers. Use compasses, scribers, gravers, pencils, etc.
Inspect the surface of the stone to identify any uneven areas.
Operate mechanical engraving tools and machines, set controls of cutting tools. Make adjustments if necessary.
Different types of stone suitable for engraving. The appearance, cost and usual applications of each type, and their properties relevant to the engraving process.
Adjust cut sizes and depths of cutting tools. Adjust heights of worktables and machine-arms.
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
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 which are applied and vary from rough to very fine ones.
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 applied from rougher ones to very fine ones.
Polish and clean engraved etching areas.
Wash the stone chips obtained while drilling, by using water hose.
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.
Various types of needles used for engraving, their qualities and their applications.
Measure the raw materials prior to their loading in the mixer or in machines, ensuring they conform with the specifications.
Stone engraver - Which skills are useful but not essential?
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.
Supply the machine with the necessary tools and items for a particular production purpose.
Operate a forklift, a vehicle with a pronged device in front for lifting and carrying heavy loads.
Evaluate which deficient processed workpieces do not meet the set-up standard and should be removed and sort the waste according to regulations.
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.
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.
Use appropriate questions and active listening in order to identify customer expectations, desires and requirements according to product and services.
The characteristics of various materials and methods used to engrave something on a surface.
Regular maintenance of cutting wheels and other mechanic engraving tools.
Examine diagrams, sketches, blueprints and samples, and calculate how they are to be engraved onto work pieces.
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.
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.
Apply painting techniques such as 'trompe l'oeil', 'faux finishing' and aging techniques.
Set up the desired product design in the CNC controller of the CNC machine for product manufacturing.
Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.
Perform operations on a sculpted or engraved stone workpiece to make it resistant to stains, discolouration, and others types of damage.
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.
Polish stone using polishing tools and machines in order to obtained a smooth and lustrous product.
Quality control of engravings and etchings; check for cuts, burns, rough spots and irregular or incomplete engraving.
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. When all the pieces are in the box, secure them with separating material such as cardboard to prevent them from moving and from sliding against each other during transportation.