Cutter, Marble in Ontario

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Construct clay models and moulds for use in casting concrete products
• Operate blade or wire saws to cut blocks of stone to specified dimensions
• Record manufacturing information such as quantity, size and type of goods produced
• Set up and operate automatic machines that mix ingredients, extrude tempered clay mixture and cut extruded clay into sections
• Set up, adjust and operate single-function machines to mix, drill, grind and cut concrete to specifications
• Build and repair wooden frames used to mould concrete products
• Check products for quality control
• Move products using forklift, crane or hydraulic hoist
• Operate machines to grind and polish surfaces of stone blocks, slabs or other stone products to specific shape or design and to produce a smooth finish
• Operate mechanical or hydraulic ram and hot-presses to form pottery and porcelain ware
• Operate sandblasting equipment to cut inscriptions or decorative designs in monumental stone
• Perform ongoing machine adjustments
• Position reinforcing rods or wire mesh in moulds
• Prepare and mix slip
• Fill moulds with concrete
• Fill moulds with slip to form pottery and porcelain ware
• Operate stone-dressing lathe to sharpen and dress grindstones that grind logs into pulp
• Read blueprint, schemas and drawings
• Operate kiln to bake clay products to specified hardness
• Operate machines to drill holes in blocks or slabs of stone according to specifications
• Operate vibrating tables to settle concrete
• Finish stone products with spray paint and by mounting plaques or installing concrete bases
• Tamp concrete using electric vibrator
• Remove castings from moulds
• Finish surfaces of castings using screed or trowel
• Cut cured concrete pipe sections with saw or chisel and cement sections together to form odd-shaped fittings