Occupational Employment Statistics
47-2022 Stonemasons
Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.
| Construction | N/A | N/A |
| Manufacturing | 20 | $23.86/hr |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | N/A | N/A |
- Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
- Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.
- Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
- 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.
- Line interiors of molds with treated paper and fill molds with composition-stone mixture.
- Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
- 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.
- Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
- Position mold along guidelines of wall, press mold in place, and remove mold and paper from wall.