Occupational Employment Statistics
47-2021 Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Lay and bind building materials, such as brick, structural tile, concrete block, cinder block, glass block, and terra-cotta block, with mortar and other substances to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures. Excludes “Stonemasons" (47-2022). Installers of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units are classified in "Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers" (37-3011).
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Northwest Minnesota
| 130 | 15 | $40.33/hr | $29.05/hr | $38.11/hr | $41.75/hr | $45.81/hr | $45.81/hr |
| Construction | 1,150 | $43.68/hr |
| Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
| Education and Health Services | N/A | N/A |
| Public Administration | N/A | N/A |
- Apply and smooth mortar or other mixture over work surface.
- Remove excess mortar with trowels and hand tools, and finish mortar joints with jointing tools, for a sealed, uniform appearance.
- Measure distance from reference points and mark guidelines to lay out work, using plumb bobs and levels.
- Clean working surface to remove scale, dust, soot, or chips of brick and mortar, using broom, wire brush, or scraper.
- Fasten or fuse brick or other building material to structure with wire clamps, anchor holes, torch, or cement.
- Measure distance from reference points and mark guidelines to lay out work, using plumb bobs and levels.
- Construct corners by fastening in plumb position a corner pole or building a corner pyramid of bricks, and filling in between the corners using a line from corner to corner to guide each course, or layer, of brick.
- Break or cut bricks, tiles, or blocks to size, using trowel edge, hammer, or power saw.
- Calculate angles and courses and determine vertical and horizontal alignment of courses.
- Mix specified amounts of sand, clay, dirt, or mortar powder with water to form refractory mixtures.