Stonemason

Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Marble Installer; Marble Shop Worker; Mason; Mason Mechanic; Stone Derrickman; Stone Installer; Stone Mason; Stone Setter; Stonemason

Tasks

• Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
• Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
• Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.
• Remove wedges, fill joints between stones, finish joints between stones, using a trowel, and smooth the mortar to an attractive finish, using a tuck pointer.
• Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid.
• Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
• Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
• Construct and install prefabricated masonry units.
• Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools.
• Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.
• Replace broken or missing masonry units in walls or floors.
• Remove sections of monument from truck bed, and guide stone onto foundation, using skids, hoist, or truck crane.
• Drill holes in marble or ornamental stone and anchor brackets in holes.
• Dig trench for foundation of monument, using pick and shovel.
• Repair cracked or chipped areas of stone or marble, using blowtorch and mastic, and remove rough or defective spots from concrete, using power grinder or chisel and hammer.

Knowledge

• Building and Construction
• Design
• Mathematics
• Mechanical
• Administration and Management
• Customer and Personal Service
• English Language

Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Mathematics
• Monitoring

Abilities

• Static Strength
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Trunk Strength
• Near Vision
• Manual Dexterity
• Problem Sensitivity
• Visualization
• Stamina
• Information Ordering
• Multilimb Coordination
• Extent Flexibility
• Far Vision
• Oral Comprehension
• Selective Attention
• Finger Dexterity
• Dynamic Strength
• Deductive Reasoning
• Category Flexibility
• Gross Body Equilibrium
• Oral Expression
• Control Precision
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Clarity