stonecutter

Additional Information

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 to less than 7 months

Work setting

• Construction

Tasks

• Prepare and lay bricks, concrete blocks, structural tiles or other masonry units
• Estimate materials, labour, tools and equipment
• Lay bricks, stone or similar materials to provide veneer facing
• Construct and install prefabricated masonry units
• Prepare tenders and quotations
• Build patios, garden walls and other decorative installations
• Read sketches and blueprints to calculate materials required
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Cut and trim bricks and concrete blocks to specification using hand and power tools
• Instruct apprentices
• Lay bricks or other masonry units to build residential or commercial chimneys and fireplaces
• Supervise other workers
• Lay radial bricks to build masonry shells of industrial chimneys
• Lay or install firebricks to line industrial chimneys and smokestacks
• Restore, clean or paint existing masonry structures

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Handling heavy loads
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Safety equipment/gear
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat
• Gloves

Financial benefits

• Bonus

Other benefits

• Transportation provided by employer
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week