According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines. | 91% |
| Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools. | 89% |
| Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level. | 88% |
| Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation. | 87% |
| 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. | 85% |
| Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern. | 85% |
| Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid. | 85% |
| Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations. | 84% |
| Replace broken or missing masonry units in walls or floors. | 80% |
| Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools. | 79% |
| Drill holes in marble or ornamental stone and anchor brackets in holes. | 75% |
| 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. | 75% |
| Remove sections of monument from truck bed, and guide stone onto foundation, using skids, hoist, or truck crane. | 73% |
| Construct and install prefabricated masonry units. | 73% |
| Dig trench for foundation of monument, using pick and shovel. | 70% |
| Position mold along guidelines of wall, press mold in place, and remove mold and paper from wall. | 64% |
| Line interiors of molds with treated paper and fill molds with composition-stone mixture. | 63% |
