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Job Description
Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-2022.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,650.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 20.00
- Currently, there are 13,190 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Stonemasons”.
Also Known As…
- Stonemasons
- Stone Setter
- Stone Mason
- Stone Derrickman and Rigger
- Mason
- Tile Setter
- Stonemason Apprentice
- Stone Repairer
- Stone Paver
- Stone Layer
- Rock Mason Apprentice
- Rock Mason
- Permastone Installer
- Permastone Applicator
- Monument Setter
- Monument Mason
- Monument Installer
- Monument Erector
- Memorial Mason
- Marble Setter
- Granite Setter
- Granite Block Paver
- Formstone Fitter
- Flagstone Layer
- Curbstone Setter
- Composition Stone Applicator
- Bricklayer
- Brick Mason
- Banker Mason
- Artificial Stone Applicator
Tasks for “Stone Chimney Mason”
- Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
- Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
- Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
- 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.
- Replace broken or missing masonry units in walls or floors.
- Dig trench for foundation of monument, using pick and shovel.
- 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.
- Line interiors of molds with treated paper and fill molds with composition-stone mixture.
- Position mold along guidelines of wall, press mold in place, and remove mold and paper from wall.
- Construct and install prefabricated masonry units.
- Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.
- Drill holes in marble or ornamental stone and anchor brackets in holes.
- Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools.
- Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
- Remove sections of monument from truck bed, and guide stone onto foundation, using skids, hoist, or truck crane.
- Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.
- Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid.
Related Technology & Tools
- Flat chisels
- Masonry straight edges
- Rubber mallets
- Mini grinders
- Stationary scaffolds
- Safety masks
- Hammer drills
- Tooth chisels
- Dust collection systems
- Hacksaws
- Hydraulic hoists
- Hand held sprayers
- Transit levels
- Protective ear muffs
- Steel wire stone brushes
- Jointers
- Stone lifting clamps
- Laser plumb bobs
- Laser levels
- Stone mason's hammers
- Vixen files
- Personal computers
- Pan mixers
- Stone cleaning sponges
- Stone splitting wedges
- Margin trowels
- Rigging equipment
- Brick hammers
- Masonry utility knives
- Masonry hard hats
- Slab trolleys
- Cable winches
- 12 pound sledge hammers
- Wet stone saws
- Jackhammers
- Carry clamps
- Grinding stones
- Stone dollies
- Pointing trowels
- Mixing drills
- Lifting suction cups
- Protective ear plugs
- Shims
- Portable cranes
- Electric winches
- Pneumatic chisels
- Angle chisels
- Pneumatic air compressors
- Safety harnesses
- 16 pound sledge hammers
- Masonry saws
- Drum mortar mixers
- Masonry safety glasses
- Cape chisels
- Angle grinders
- Heating torches
- Round point shovels
- Folding rulers
- Hydraulic jacks
- Lifting spreaders
- Stone splitters
- Forklift booms
- Horizontal shaft mixers
- 8 pound sledge hammers
- Grout floats
- Sandblasters
- Pitching chisels
- Fall arrest systems
- Electric mortar mixers
- Gauging trowels
- Story pole tape measures
- Setting bars
- Safety goggles
- Concrete saws
- Lifelines
- Pneumatic stone grinders
- Power hoists
- Polishing machines
- Vertical shaft mixers
- Stone grinders
- Wooden templates
- Mortar hoes
- Buttering trowels
- Claw hammers
- Measuring tapes
- Masonry plumb bobs
- Dust masks
- Stone polishers
- Steam cleaning equipment
- Tuck pointers
- Stone nippers
- Wet-dry vacuums
- Dust and particulate respirators
- Circular saws
- Stone routers
- Drill machines
- Oxygen lances
- Gantry cranes
- Point chisels
- Vacuum lifts
- Masonry forklifts
- Chipping hammers
- Lewis pins
- Rondel chisels
- Rock picks
- Boom lifts
- Swing-stage scaffolds
- Pinch bars
- Masonry levels
- Truck cranes
- Full face shields
- Cross pein sledge hammers
- Hand tracers
- Hand torches
- Concave jointers
- Rope and pulley systems
- Bush hammers
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