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Career Details :: Helpers, Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters

Description

Help brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, or tile and marble setters by performing duties of lesser skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Experience

No previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a general office clerk even if he/she has never worked in an office before.

Education

These occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some may require a formal training course to obtain a license.

Training

Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.

Tasks

Cleans installation surfaces, equipment, tools work site, and storage areas, using water, chemical solutions, oxygen lance, or polishing machines.
Cuts materials to specified size for installation, using power saw or tile cutter.
Moves or positions marble slabs and ingot covers, using crane, hoist or dolly.
Removes damaged tile, brick, or mortar and prepares installation surfaces, using pliers, chipping hammers, chisels, drills, and metal wire anchors.
Applies caulk, sealants, or other agents to installed surface.
Corrects surface imperfections or fills chipped, cracked, or broken bricks or tiles, using fillers, adhesives, and grouting materials.
Assists in the preparation, installation, repair, or rebuilding of tile, brick, or stone surfaces.
Transports materials, tools, and machines to installation site, manually or using conveyance equipment.
Removes excess grout and residue from tile or brick joints with wet sponge or trowel.
Selects materials for installation, following numbered sequence or drawings.
Applies grout between joints of bricks or tiles, using grouting trowel.
Erects scaffolding or other installation structures.
Manually or machine-mixes mortar, plaster, and grout, according to standard formulae.
Modifies material moving, mixing, grouting, grinding, polishing, or cleaning procedures according to the type of installation or materials required.
Arranges and stores materials, machines, tools, and equipment.

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Important Abilities

General Work Activities

Important Skills

Frequent Work Context

Outdoors
Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
Consequence of Error
Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
Kneeling, Crouching, or Crawling

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