A professional who sets up and operates diamond-or silicon carbide-toothed circular saw to cut blocks of stone into specified dimension. Responsibilities include:

• Builds bed of timbers on car preparatory to positioning stone on car.
• Levels stone on bed, using crowbar, wedges, blocks, rule, and spirit level.
• Marks dimensions on stone according to diagram, using rule, square, straightedge, and chalked string or crayon.
• Traces along marks on stone, using chisel and hammer.
• Turns crank or presses button to move car under saw frame.
• Presses buttons to align saw blade with line traced on stone and lower blade to stone.
• Starts saw and pushes lever to move rotating blade across surface of stone or move stone under blade.
• Turns valve to circulate water (coolant) or abrasive on blade during cutting.
• Presses button to lower blade in stone as depth of kerf increases.
• Inserts bar under stone and lifts it to split stone not severed by blade.
• Verifies width or thickness of slab, using rule.
• May set saw for automatic reciprocation.
• May change blades as depth of kerf increases, using wrench.
• May attach abrasive grinding wheel to arbor to grind grooves in stone.
• May set end-stops according to width of cut.
• May read ammeter to determine resistance against blade and turn crank to adjust blade pressure against stone.
• May saw products, such as asbestos-cement sheets and pipes or concrete slabs.
• May be designated according to material cut as marble-cutter operator; slate-cutter operator; or according to saw operated as diamond-saw operator.