Job Description:

• 1) Cuts rough-sawed slabs of stone, using pneumatic hammer, into blocks used for capping of brick or stone walls: Measures and marks slab according to specifications, using square, rule, straightedge, chalk, or crayon.

• 2) Selects cutting chisel and inserts it into pneumatic hammer.

• 3) Chips slab along markings with pneumatic hammer to form breaking groove.

• 4) Inserts coping tool in groove and taps it to break stone, using hammer or mallet.

• 5) May turn slab and cut groove in opposite side to facilitate breaking.

• 6) May smooth edges of broken stones, using chisels and mallet.

• 7) May smooth edges of broken stones, using grinder.