Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare.
- Work instructions and operational details are obtained using relevant information, confirmed and applied for planning and preparation purposes.
- Safety (OHS) requirements are followed in accordance with safety plans and policies.
- Signage and barricade requirements are identified and implemented.
- Tools and equipment selected to carry out tasks are consistent with job requirements, checked for serviceability and any faults are rectified or reported prior to commencement.
- Material quantity requirements are calculated in accordance with plans, specifications and quality requirements.
- Materials appropriate to the work application are identified, obtained, prepared, safely handled and located ready for use.
- Environmental requirements are identified for the project in accordance with environmental plans and statutory and regulatory authority requirements, and are applied.
- Prepare background surface.
- Appropriate equipment is selected and used for removing excess material so that surface is even and flat.
- Surface is made suitable for designed treatment as per specifications for setting out and cutting letters, with protection to surrounds of lettering area applied using appropriate masking and covering technique.
- Surface is painted with weak water-based paint to specifications for ease of marking out letters and shapes.
- Identify and draw to scale various types of lettering, insignias and monograms.
- Use hand and power tools for cutting letters.
- Material is safely held in most suitable position ready for cutting/shaping operation with stone, less than 30mm thick, fixed to a larger section of stone to minimise risk of breaking.
- Tools and equipment are selected for cutting/shaping process in accordance with size and shape of letters, and are adjusted correctly for operation according to standard operating procedures and work to be undertaken.
- Start-up and shut-down procedures for use of equipment are carried out in accordance with specifications, where applicable, and tools and equipment are used to carefully cut letters to set-out.
- Letters are cut to size and depth specified and holes are drilled for cut out letters to specifications, to provide keying for securing load.
- Perform lead inlay process on lettering of stone surfaces.
- Pre-cut lettering is inlaid with solid or melted lead using appropriate tools or method and without damage to stone.
- Molten lead is heated and handled safely in accordance with job and OHS requirements.
- Lead is inlaid to give a flat or raised finish to stone in accordance with specifications.
- Letters or insignias are finished clean on their edges and surface is finished to specifications.
- Clean up.