Nationwide
MASON
Description:
Do you dream of building a structure with your own two hands or restoring historical buildings? Check out training in masonry! Brickmasons, blockmasons and stonemasons use bricks, concrete blocks and natural stones to build attractive, durable surfaces and structures. These craft professionals have created buildings, walls and roads for thousands of years and will continue to do so long into the future.
More about a career as a mason:
Post-Secondary:
Not required, experience is the best teacher!
Day In The Life of a Mason:
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Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.
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Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
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Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.
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Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
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Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
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Install anchor bolts, steel plates, door sills and other fixtures in freshly poured concrete or pattern or stamp the surface to provide a decorative finish.
Job growth (2019-2026)
16.7%
10%
11%
Nationwide
Statewide
Regional
Employment & Wage Statistics
Job openings (2019-2016)
20
500
23,300
Regional
Hourly wage range
$9.52
$18.62
$27.57
Median
Annual wage range
$19,800
$38,730
$57,350
Statewide
Hourly wage range
$15.49
$23.11
$33.92
Annual wage range
$32,210
$48,070
$70,550
Nationwide
