How do they match: Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters

  • Help brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, or tile and marble setters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

  • Remove damaged tile, brick, or mortar, and clean or prepare surfaces, using pliers, hammers, chisels, drills, wire brushes, or metal wire anchors.
  • Remove excess grout or residue from tile or brick joints, using sponges or trowels.
  • Arrange or store materials, machines, tools, or equipment.
  • Clean installation surfaces, equipment, tools, work sites, or storage areas, using water, chemical solutions, oxygen lances, or polishing machines.
  • Correct surface imperfections or fill chipped, cracked, or broken bricks or tiles, using fillers, adhesives, or grouting materials.
  • Cut materials to specified sizes for installation, using power saws or tile cutters.
  • Locate and supply materials to masons for installation, following drawings or numbered sequences.
  • Modify material moving, mixing, grouting, grinding, polishing, or cleaning procedures, according to installation or material requirements.
  • Move or position materials such as marble slabs, using cranes, hoists, or dollies.
  • Transport materials, tools, or machines to installation sites, manually or using conveyance equipment.

  • Remove excess materials from finished construction projects.
  • Remove worn, damaged or outdated materials from work areas.
  • Apply material to fill gaps in surfaces.
  • Clean surfaces in preparation for work activities.
  • Cut tile, stone, or other masonry materials.
  • Mix substances or compounds needed for work activities.
  • Move construction or extraction materials to locations where they are needed.