A professional who engraves specified characters on metal blanks of articles, such as trophies, trays, badges, and plaques, according to work order. Responsibilities include:

• Positions and locks blank metal plate in holding fixture beneath rotary cutting tool.
• Selects specified lettering template and places template beneath stylus attached to machine cutting tool.
• Turns knob on machine to set reduction scale to obtain required reproduction ratio on metal plate.
• Starts machine and guides stylus over template, causing cutting tool to simultaneously duplicate characters on metal plate.
• Cleans chips from metal plate, using airhose.
• Examines engraving for quality of cut, burrs, and rough spots.
• May increase or decrease depth of cut by adjusting height of worktable.
• May wipe acid over engraving to darken or highlight inscription.
• May assemble trophies, using wood base, bolts, and wrench.