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Manufacturing & Production · Updated Aug 2026

Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing

Cut or carve stone according to diagrams and patterns.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
44/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
39/100
Low

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence82/100
Task coverage86%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings.High
66
Lay out designs or dimensions from sketches or blueprints on stone surfaces, freehand or by transferring them from tracing paper, using scribes or chalk and measuring instruments.High
66
Carve designs or figures in full or bas relief on stone, employing knowledge of stone carving techniques and sense of artistry to produce carvings consistent with designers' plans.High
65
Select chisels, pneumatic or surfacing tools, or sandblasting nozzles, and determine sequence of use.Medium
65
Carve rough designs freehand or by chipping along marks on stone, using mallets and chisels or pneumatic tools.Medium
66
Guide nozzles over stone, following stencil outlines, or chip along marks to create designs or to work surfaces down to specified finishes.Medium
67
Load sandblasting equipment with abrasives, attach nozzles to hoses, and turn valves to admit compressed air and activate jets.Medium
64
Study artistic objects or graphic materials, such as models, sketches, or blueprints, to plan carving or cutting techniques.High
35
Cut, shape, and finish rough blocks of building or monumental stone, according to diagrams or patterns.High
22
Move fingers over surfaces of carvings to ensure smoothness of finish.High
17
Drill holes and cut or carve moldings and grooves in stone, according to diagrams and patterns.High
22
Verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments.High
16
Remove or add stencils during blasting to create differing cut depths, intricate designs, or rough, pitted finishes.Medium
22
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Guide nozzles over stone, following stencil outlines, or chip along marks to create designs or to work surfaces down to specified finishes.67
  2. Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings.66
  3. Lay out designs or dimensions from sketches or blueprints on stone surfaces, freehand or by transferring them from tracing paper, using scribes or chalk and measuring instruments.66
  4. Carve rough designs freehand or by chipping along marks on stone, using mallets and chisels or pneumatic tools.66
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments.01
  2. Move fingers over surfaces of carvings to ensure smoothness of finish.02
  3. Remove or add stencils during blasting to create differing cut depths, intricate designs, or rough, pitted finishes.03
  4. Cut, shape, and finish rough blocks of building or monumental stone, according to diagrams or patterns.04
  5. Drill holes and cut or carve moldings and grooves in stone, according to diagrams and patterns.05
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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency59
Physical dependency79
Adoption pressure49
Labour-market resilience64
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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