AMY SMITH
123 Main Street • Atlanta, Georgia • 30339
Home: (555) 555-1234, Cell: (555) 555-1235
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Objective: Seek the Position of Metal Etcher
SUMMARY: Remarkably creative, knowledgeable and skillful Metal Etcher with more than six years experience in etching patterns, designs, lettering, and figures onto a variety of metallic materials and products for identification or decorative purposes.
Summary of Qualifications
Deep knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Exceptional knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of visual arts and sculpture.
Uncommon ability to select and determine the right tools and equipment needed to etch metals.
In-depth ability to monitor and assess performance of oneself and other individuals to make improvements or take corrective action.
Uncommon ability to make quick and repeated movements, grasp, manipulate, and assemble objects with the hand and arm.
Strong ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Exceptional creativity and the ability to visualize the end product of an object.
Great time management and organizational skills.
Professional Experience
Galaxy Metal Company Minneapolis, MN 2002 - Present
Metal Etcher
Adjust depths and sizes of cuts by adjusting heights of worktables, or by adjusting machine-arm gauges.
Determine machine settings, and move bars or levers to reproduce designs on rollers or plates.
Engrave and print patterns, designs, etchings, trademarks, or lettering onto flat or curved surfaces of a wide variety of metal, glass, plastic, or paper items, using hand tools or hand-held power tools.
Examine engraving for quality of cut, burrs, rough spots, and irregular or incomplete engraving.
Examine sketches, diagrams, samples, blueprints, or photographs to decide how designs are to be etched, cut, or engraved onto workpieces.
Expose workpieces to acid to develop etch patterns such as designs, lettering, or figures.
Guide stylus over template, causing cutting tool to duplicate design or letters on workpiece.
Insert cutting tools or bits into machines and secure them with wrenches.
Inspect etched work for depth of etching, uniformity, and defects, using calibrated microscopes, gauges, fingers, or magnifying lenses.
Measure and compute dimensions of lettering, designs, or patterns to be engraved.
Galaxy Metal Company Minneapolis, MN 2000 - 2002
Metal Etcher Trainee (under supervision)
Etched designs, lettering, and figures on processed plates of brass, steel, copper, zinc and magnesium.
Mixed acid solution according to formula, and pours mixture into etching tank.
Placed plate on rack in etching tank.
Set tank timing controls, and started machine that sprayed plate with corrosive solution.
Removed plate periodically, and measured depth to which metal had been etched, using gauge.
Inspected plate to ensure that design was not undercut.
Washed plate to remove etching powder and protective ink.
Brushed etching powder on surface of plate to prevent undercutting of reproduction.