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Career Guidance Skills handling and moving S6.7 - using hand tools S6.7.3 - smoothing surfaces of objects or equipment Polish stone surfaces
Description
Polish stone using polishing tools and machines in order to obtained a smooth and lustrous product.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 4 occupations
- Total: 5 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Stone polisherStone polishers operate grinding and polishing tools and equipment in order to smooth stones. Duties Stone polishers typically do the following: Place the blocks or slates on work …
Optional for
- Stone planerStone planers operate and maintain planing machines that are used for stone blocks and slabs finishing. They manipulate the stone and ensure that the required parameters are accord…
- Stone engraverStone engravers use hand tools, machines and chemical products to etch and carve patterns and inscriptions on stone surfaces. Other titles The following job titles also refer to st…
- Terrazzo setterTerrazzo setters create terrazzo surfaces. They prepare the surface, installing strips to divide sections. They then pour the solution containing cement and marble chips. Terrazzo …
- StonemasonStonemasons build stone walls and set stone exteriors and floors. They work with two types of stone: natural-cut stone, such as marble, granite, and limestone; and artificial stone…
Related skills
- Keep records of work progress
- Inspect stone surface
- Work ergonomically
- Report defective manufacturing materials
- Inspect quality of products
- Supply machine with appropriate tools
- Measure materials
- Prepare stone for smoothing
- Ensure equipment availability
- Pack stone products
- Troubleshoot
- Remove processed workpiece
Last updated on February 19, 2026
