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"CARVER, HAND"
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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.

 

 

 


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DOT:   761.281-010

Job Number: 1516