Are you passionate about constructing with your own hands or restoring historic buildings? Explore masonry training! Bricklayers, blocklayers, and stonemasons work with bricks, concrete blocks, and natural stones to create attractive, long-lasting surfaces and structures. These skilled artisans have been shaping buildings, walls, and roads for thousands of years and will continue to do so.
Interest and Qualifications
Masons help with building layout, framing, sheathing, and roofing; operate equipment and tools safely for various construction tasks; lift and place bricks weighing around 5 pounds numerous times daily; lift and position blocks weighing 24 to 55 pounds repeatedly; identify and address safety hazards and communicate with the foreman; dismantle, rebuild, and tuckpoint chimneys; cut openings in walls, ceilings, and floors made of masonry. They must have a strong work ethic, be dependable, and possess basic math skills.