| 1. | Adjust depths and sizes of cuts by adjusting heights of worktables, or by adjusting machine-arm gauges. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | Position and clamp workpieces, plates, or rollers in holding fixtures. |
| 4. | Determine machine settings, and move bars or levers to reproduce designs on rollers or plates. |
| 5. | Examine engraving for quality of cut, burrs, rough spots, and irregular or incomplete engraving. |
| 6. | Measure and compute dimensions of lettering, designs, or patterns to be engraved. |
| 7. | Start machines and lower cutting tools to beginning points on patterns. |
| 8. | Clean and polish engraved areas. |
| 9. | Examine sketches, diagrams, samples, blueprints, or photographs to decide how designs are to be etched, cut, or engraved onto workpieces. |
| 10. | Select and mount wheels and miters on lathes, and equip lathes with water to cool wheels and prevent dust when grinding glass. |
| 11. | Prepare etching chemicals according to formulas, diluting acid with water to obtain solutions of specified concentration. |
| 12. | Observe actions of cutting tools through microscopes and adjust stylus movement to ensure accurate reproduction. |
| 13. | Reduce artwork to be used, using reduction cameras. |
| 14. | Sandblast exposed areas of glass to cut designs in surfaces, using spray guns. |
| 15. | Set reduction scales to attain specified sizes of reproduction on workpieces, and set pantograph controls for required heights, depths, and widths of cuts. |
| 16. | Brush or smear abrasives on cutting wheels. |
| 17. | Neutralize workpieces to remove acid, wax, or enamel, using water, solvents, brushes, or specialized machines. |
| 18. | Inspect etched work for depth of etching, uniformity, and defects, using calibrated microscopes, gauges, fingers, or magnifying lenses. |
| 19. | Prepare workpieces for etching or engraving by cutting, sanding, cleaning, polishing, or treating them with wax, acid resist, lime, etching powder, or light-sensitive enamel. |
| 20. | Insert cutting tools or bits into machines and secure them with wrenches. |
| 21. | Print proofs or examine designs to verify accuracy of engraving, and rework engraving as required. |
| 22. | Transfer image to workpiece, using contact printer, pantograph stylus, silkscreen printing device, or stamp pad. |
| 23. | Sketch, trace, or scribe layout lines and designs on workpieces, plates, dies, or rollers, using compasses, scribers, gravers, or pencils. |
| 24. | Guide stylus over template, causing cutting tool to duplicate design or letters on workpiece. |
| 25. | Remove completed workpieces and place them in trays. |
| 26. | Carve designs and letters onto metal for transfer to other surfaces. |
| 27. | Remove wax or tape from etched glassware by using a stylus or knife, or by immersing ware in hot water. |
| 28. | Select and insert required templates into pattern frames beneath the stylus of a machine cutting tool or router. |
| 29. | Cut outlines of impressions with gravers, and remove excess material with knives. |
| 30. | Fill etched characters with opaque paste to improve readability. |
| 31. | Brush or wipe acid over engraving to darken or highlight inscriptions. |
| 32. | Expose workpieces to acid to develop etch patterns such as designs, lettering, or figures. |