A professional who tends machine that inscribes graduations in metal surface of measuring tools, such as carpenter's steel squares and rules, and machinist's scales. Respnsibilities include:

• Slides workpiece into spring clamp on machine carriage.
• Starts machine that scribes graduations along length of tool by automatic indexing of multiple scribing points or cutters.
• Removes scribed tool at end of cycle and examines and compares it with master scale to verify legibility and accuracy of graduations.