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Stonemasons: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.
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This source lists 16 tasks, including 15 marked Core and 1 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2025.
16 tasks shown
Core · Task 8768 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
Core · Task 8766 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
Core · Task 8771 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.
Core · Task 8770 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
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.
Core · Task 8772 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid.
Core · Task 8767 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
Core · Task 8769 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
Core · Task 8779 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Construct and install prefabricated masonry units.
Core · Task 8775 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools.
Core · Task 8773 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.
Core · Task 8774 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Replace broken or missing masonry units in walls or floors.
Core · Task 8778 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Remove sections of monument from truck bed, and guide stone onto foundation, using skids, hoist, or truck crane.
Core · Task 8776 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Drill holes in marble or ornamental stone and anchor brackets in holes.
Core · Task 8780 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Dig trench for foundation of monument, using pick and shovel.
Core · Task 8777 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Repair cracked or chipped areas of stone or marble, using blowtorch and mastic, and remove rough or defective spots from concrete, using power grinder or chisel and hammer.
Supplemental · Task 8781 · 08/2025 · Incumbent
Position mold along guidelines of wall, press mold in place, and remove mold and paper from wall.
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