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Description

Design and construct three-dimensional artworks using materials such as stone, wood, plaster, and metal and employing various manual and tool techniques.

Experience

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Education

A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Training

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Tasks

  • Carves objects from stone, concrete, plaster, wood, or other material, using abrasives and tools, such as chisels, gouges, and mall.
  • Constructs artistic forms from metal or stone, using metalworking, welding, or masonry tools and equipment.
  • Cuts, bends, laminates, arranges, and fastens individual or mixed raw and manufactured materials and products to form works of art.
  • Models substances, such as clay or wax, using fingers and small hand tools to form objects.

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    • Objective or Subjective Information
    • Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
    • Indoors
    • Standing
    • Sitting

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