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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
Also Known As…
- Stone Setter
- Stone Mason
- Stone Derrickman and Rigger
- Mason
- Tile Setter
- Stonemason Apprentice
- Stone Repairer
- Stone Paver
- Stone Layer
- Stone Chimney Mason
- 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 “Stonemasons”
- 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.
- Drill holes in marble or ornamental stone and anchor brackets in holes.
- Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.
- Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
- Remove sections of monument from truck bed, and guide stone onto foundation, using skids, hoist, or truck crane.
- Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
- Replace broken or missing masonry units in walls or floors.
- 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.
- Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools.
- Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
- Dig trench for foundation of monument, using pick and shovel.
- Construct and install prefabricated masonry units.
- 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.
- Position mold along guidelines of wall, press mold in place, and remove mold and paper from wall.
- Line interiors of molds with treated paper and fill molds with composition-stone mixture.
- Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.
Related Technology & Tools
- Setting bars
- Chipping hammers
- Gantry cranes
- Drum mortar mixers
- Lewis pins
- Vertical shaft mixers
- Brick hammers
- Pneumatic chisels
- Masonry straight edges
- Electric winches
- Wet stone saws
- Pinch bars
- Rock picks
- Pneumatic air compressors
- Forklift booms
- Fall arrest systems
- Carry clamps
- Round point shovels
- Stone routers
- Stone splitting wedges
- Masonry safety glasses
- Hydraulic hoists
- Jackhammers
- Stone grinders
- Sandblasters
- Hydraulic jacks
- Masonry hard hats
- Shims
- Swing-stage scaffolds
- Stone splitters
- Steam cleaning equipment
- Safety masks
- Pointing trowels
- Story pole tape measures
- Truck cranes
- Stone nippers
- Concrete saws
- Angle grinders
- Stone polishers
- Rigging equipment
- Vacuum lifts
- Power hoists
- Hand held sprayers
- Tooth chisels
- Laser plumb bobs
- Vixen files
- Boom lifts
- Rondel chisels
- Pneumatic stone grinders
- Masonry utility knives
- Hammer drills
- Lifelines
- Rope and pulley systems
- Margin trowels
- Full face shields
- Laser levels
- Angle chisels
- Wet-dry vacuums
- Personal computers
- Masonry levels
- Stationary scaffolds
- Dust masks
- Transit levels
- Masonry plumb bobs
- Wooden templates
- Measuring tapes
- Dust collection systems
- Cross pein sledge hammers
- Claw hammers
- 8 pound sledge hammers
- Mortar hoes
- Horizontal shaft mixers
- Lifting spreaders
- Protective ear muffs
- Pan mixers
- Drill machines
- Tuck pointers
- Stone lifting clamps
- Grout floats
- Steel wire stone brushes
- Stone mason's hammers
- Cable winches
- Buttering trowels
- Mini grinders
- Masonry forklifts
- Hand torches
- Heating torches
- Safety harnesses
- Rubber mallets
- Circular saws
- Portable cranes
- Grinding stones
- Slab trolleys
- Masonry saws
- 12 pound sledge hammers
- Cape chisels
- Protective ear plugs
- Pitching chisels
- Stone dollies
- Jointers
- Hacksaws
- Safety goggles
- Stone cleaning sponges
- 16 pound sledge hammers
- Oxygen lances
- Bush hammers
- Point chisels
- Polishing machines
- Flat chisels
- Folding rulers
- Concave jointers
- Mixing drills
- Gauging trowels
- Dust and particulate respirators
- Hand tracers
- Lifting suction cups
- Electric mortar mixers
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