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Career Details :: Engravers, Hand
Description
Engrave designs and identifying information onto rollers or plates used in printing.
Experience
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Education
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.
Tasks
- Cuts around drawn pattern leaving raised design or letters, using cutting tools.
- Presses sketch on copper printing roller to produce impression of design.
- Inspects designs for defective engraving and re-engraves to meet specifications.
- Traces pattern of design and letters in reverse on linoleum or two- or three-ply rubber, using ruler, pencil, drawing instruments, or cutting tools.
- Punches holes in plate to fasten plate to press, using hand tools.
- Glues rubber or linoleum pattern to wood block.
- Cuts strip of engraving gum (two- or three-ply rubber, cemented to cloth backing) using knife.
- Prepares additional rubber plates for jobs requiring colors by omitting different portions of design or lettering on each plate.
- Cuts grooves of specified depth and uniformity into printing roller following lines of design impression.
- Refers to sketch to ensure that lines of only one printing color are engraved into each roller.
Related Careers
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Implementing Ideas, Programs, etc.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People
Important Skills
- Product Inspection
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Mathematics
- Problem Identification
- Equipment Selection
Frequent Work Context
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Indoors
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
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