Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
Cut or carve stone according to diagrams and patterns.
Most important skills
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Time Management
- Social Perceptiveness
Key knowledge
- Mathematics
- Production and Processing
- Mechanical
- English Language
- Administration and Management
- Design
- Education and Training
- Public Safety and Security
What the work involves
- Carve designs or figures in full or bas relief on stone, employing knowledge of stone carving techniques and sense of artistry to produce carvings consistent with designers' plans.
- Verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments.
- Lay out designs or dimensions from sketches or blueprints on stone surfaces, freehand or by transferring them from tracing paper, using scribes or chalk and measuring instruments.
- Drill holes and cut or carve moldings and grooves in stone, according to diagrams and patterns.
- Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings.
- Select chisels, pneumatic or surfacing tools, or sandblasting nozzles, and determine sequence of use.
- Move fingers over surfaces of carvings to ensure smoothness of finish.
- Guide nozzles over stone, following stencil outlines, or chip along marks to create designs or to work surfaces down to specified finishes.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Artistic, Conventional.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (65.6% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (42.9%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (36.3%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 2: Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
- Projection education uses SOC 51-9195 (detailed_parent); it may describe a broader group.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Very low | Lower on contact with others than 97% of occupations compared | 41% of surveyed respondents chose “Occasional contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Low | Lower on dealing with the public than 77% of occupations compared | 36% of surveyed respondents chose “Not important at all” |
| Teamwork | Very low | Lower on teamwork than 83% of occupations compared | 36% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very low | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 92% of occupations compared | 44% of surveyed respondents chose “Limited freedom” |
| Time pressure | High | Higher on time pressure than 77% of occupations compared | 55% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Very low | Lower on conflict situations than 81% of occupations compared | 42% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Very low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 94% of occupations compared | 43% of surveyed respondents chose “Never” |
| Consequence of error | High | Higher on consequence of error than 72% of occupations compared | 38% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: high
- Conflict situations: very low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: very low
- Consequence of error: high
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 40.76%
- Contact with others about half the time: 11.7%
- Contact with others most of the time: 16.27%
- Constant contact with others: 31.28%
n = 32, Incumbent 07/2015
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 36.01%
- Fairly important: 8.98%
- Important: 15.5%
- Very important: 30.61%
- Extremely important: 8.9%
n = 31, Incumbent 07/2015
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 12.86%
- Fairly important: 6.8%
- Important: 10.58%
- Very important: 33.3%
- Extremely important: 36.46%
n = 32, Incumbent 07/2015
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 19.63%
- Limited freedom: 44.35%
- Some freedom: 15.4%
- A lot of freedom: 20.62%
n = 32, Incumbent 07/2015
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 3.65%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 25.23%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 16.09%
- Every day: 55.04%
n = 32, Incumbent 07/2015
Conflict situations
- Never: 30.83%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 41.52%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 1.39%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 13.82%
- Every day: 12.44%
n = 32, Incumbent 07/2015
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 42.97%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 32.22%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 19.56%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 0.71%
- Every day: 4.54%
n = 31, Incumbent 07/2015
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 13.25%
- Fairly serious: 18.14%
- Serious: 9.47%
- Very serious: 21.54%
- Extremely serious: 37.6%
n = 31, Incumbent 07/2015
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