Talk to your school counselor about programs and classes like woodworking that are offered at your school so you can start learning skills that will get you started in this field.

Find a class to jump-start your construction skills.

Search online for how-to videos to see how hard this work is to master--and whether it's something you think you'd like. Does seeing this kind of work in action make you more interested in trying it?

Watch tutorials on how to do this kind of work.

Follow along with a stone mason business owner for a day to learn more about stone masonry. Are you interested in this type of work?

Learn about a day in the life of a stone mason.

Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters

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

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

Realistic

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

Conventional

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

Social

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.

Artistic

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

Investigative

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.

Enterprising

Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed

Helpers, Construction Trades

Construction and Extraction Occupations

Mix mortar, plaster, and grout, manually or using machines, according to standard formulas.

Erect scaffolding or other installation structures.

Cut materials to specified sizes for installation, using power saws or tile cutters.

Modify material moving, mixing, grouting, grinding, polishing, or cleaning procedures, according to installation or material requirements.

Transport materials, tools, or machines to installation sites, manually or using conveyance equipment.

Provide assistance in the preparation, installation, repair, or rebuilding of tile, brick, or stone surfaces.

Locate and supply materials to masons for installation, following drawings or numbered sequences.

Arrange or store materials, machines, tools, or equipment.

Clean installation surfaces, equipment, tools, work sites, or storage areas, using water, chemical solutions, oxygen lances, or polishing machines.

Move or position materials such as marble slabs, using cranes, hoists, or dollies.

Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters

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What Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters Do

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Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters

Overview

Career

What Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters Do

Other Job Titles Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Education

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