Job Description:

• 1) Engraves monograms, coats of arms, and ornamental designs on glass and glassware, using copper, steel, or stone wheels: Traces or sketches design on glass or glassware, using stencil and china-marking pencil, chalk, or brush pen.

• 2) Mounts wheel of specified size and miter on lathe.

• 3) Pours water in pans beneath abrasive cutting wheel to cool wheel and prevent dust when grinding glass.

• 4) Starts lathe and holds glass or glassware against outer edge of wheel, twisting and turning article so that wheel will grind glass according to marked design.

• 5) May originate and suggest designs to customer or management.

• 6) May dress and shape cutting wheels by holding dressing stone against rotating wheel.

• 7) May brush or smear abrasive on cutting wheel.

• 8) May polish engravings, using felt and cork wheels.

• 9) May be designated according to type of wheel used as Steel-Wheel Engraver.