How do they match: Etchers and Engravers

  • Machine Engraver
  • Machine Precision Engraver
  • Machine Precision Etcher
  • Award Machine Operator

  • Adjust depths and sizes of cuts by adjusting heights of worktables, or by adjusting machine-arm gauges.
  • Determine machine settings, and move bars or levers to reproduce designs on rollers or plates.
  • Engrave and print patterns, designs, etchings, trademarks, or lettering onto flat or curved surfaces of a wide variety of metal, glass, plastic, or paper items, using hand tools or hand-held power tools.
  • Guide stylus over template, causing cutting tool to duplicate design or letters on workpiece.
  • Insert cutting tools or bits into machines and secure them with wrenches.
  • Neutralize workpieces to remove acid, wax, or enamel, using water, solvents, brushes, or specialized machines.
  • Observe actions of cutting tools through microscopes and adjust stylus movement to ensure accurate reproduction.
  • Select and insert required templates into pattern frames beneath the stylus of a machine cutting tool or router.
  • Start machines and lower cutting tools to beginning points on patterns.

  • Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.