711390 - Other stone workers

This category includes other stone processors not listed in the 7113 sub-group „Stonemasons” who cut and shape hard and soft stone slabs and plates for the construction and maintenance of stone buildings and monuments, carving images and numbers in stone slabs.

Main activities

* select and classify granite, marble, and other stone slabs and blocks;
* insert shims into the stone to break it into slabs or blocks;
* create patterns and marks shapes on stone for later cutting, edging, drilling, and other processing and cutting operations;
* engrave symbols, figures, or drawings on stone slabs used for monuments or memorial plaques;
* restore old monuments.

Characteristic competences

* select granite, marble, or other stone for processing;
* process stone by grinding, polishing, cutting;
* transfer drawings, carve letters and numbers on stone, engrave stone;
* repair and replacement of masonry of old monuments with other stones;
* use various materials and tools for working with stone.