Job Description:

• 1) Carves ornamental designs into wooden furniture parts, using handtools and woodworking machines: Studies sketches and dimensions of ornamental designs submitted by architect, customer, or design department, visualizes finished product, and draws design to scale, using drawing instruments.

• 2) Transfers design to wooden furniture part by tracing over drawing and carbon paper with stylus.

• 3) Clamps furniture part in vise and roughs out design freehand or by cutting along lines marked on wood, using chisel and mallet, jigsaw, and router.

• 4) Selects chisels, gouges, files, and rasps and determines sequence of their use according to intricacy of design.

• 5) Cuts, trims, or touches up roughed out design, using handtools to finish design.

• 6) Verifies dimensions of carving, using rule and dividers.

• 7) Taps stippling tool with mallet to stipple design.

• 8) May saw precut wooden blocks into rough shaped decorative items, using chain saw and portable power saw.

• 9) May finish carvings roughed out on router, spindle carver, or wood-carving machine and be designated Skin Carver.