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Job Details

Granite Cutter

Employer

Antique Granite

Date Posted

November 19, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $27.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 32 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Dec 19, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Antique Granite

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work setting

Various locations

Tasks

  • Operate blade or wire saws to cut blocks of stone to specified dimensions
  • Check products for quality control
  • Operate machines to grind and polish surfaces of stone blocks, slabs or other stone products to specific shape or design and to produce a smooth finish
  • Perform ongoing machine adjustments
  • Operate stone-dressing lathe to sharpen and dress grindstones that grind logs into pulp
  • Operate machines to drill holes in blocks or slabs of stone according to specifications

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Manual dexterity
  • Hand-eye co-ordination

Experience

Will train


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Granite Cutter is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Stone Forming and Finishing Workers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating machines to grind and polish surfaces of stone blocks, slabs and other stone products to specific shapes and designs, and to produce smooth finishes; in finishing stone products with spray paint and in mounting plaques and installing concrete bases

METHODICAL

Interest in copying information to operate blade and wire saws to cut blocks of stone to specified dimensions, and to operate machines to drill holes in blocks and slabs of stone according to specifications

innovative

Interest in operating sandblasting equipment to cut inscriptions and decorative designs on monument stones

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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