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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Lay and bind building materials, such as brick, structural tile, concrete block, cinder block, glass block, and terra-cotta block, with mortar and other substances to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures. | Construct corners by fastening in plumb position a corner pole or building a corner pyramid of bricks, and filling in between the corners using a line from corner to corner to guide each course, or layer, of brick. | |||
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Measure distance from reference points and mark guidelines to lay out work, using plumb bobs and levels. | ||||
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Calculate angles and courses and determine vertical and horizontal alignment of courses. | ||||
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Fasten or fuse brick or other building material to structure with wire clamps, anchor holes, torch, or cement. | ||||
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Break or cut bricks, tiles, or blocks to size, using trowel edge, hammer, or power saw. | ||||
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Remove excess mortar with trowels and hand tools, and finish mortar joints with jointing tools, for a sealed, uniform appearance. | ||||
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Interpret blueprints and drawings to determine specifications and to calculate the materials required. | ||||
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Apply and smooth mortar or other mixture over work surface. | ||||
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Mix specified amounts of sand, clay, dirt, or mortar powder with water to form refractory mixtures. | ||||
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Examine brickwork or structure to determine need for repair. | ||||
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Clean working surface to remove scale, dust, soot, or chips of brick and mortar, using broom, wire brush, or scraper. | ||||
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Lay and align bricks, blocks, or tiles to build or repair structures or high temperature equipment, such as cupola, kilns, ovens, or furnaces. | ||||
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Remove burned or damaged brick or mortar, using sledgehammer, crowbar, chipping gun, or chisel. | ||||
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Spray or spread refractory material over brickwork to protect against deterioration. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Brickmasons and Blockmasons
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Personnel and Human Resources | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. | |||
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Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Dynamic Strength | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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Gross Body Equilibrium | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Gross Body Coordination | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
BVH Gregg Concrete | Project management software | |||
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CPR International Visual Estimator | Project management software | |||
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Construction Management Software ProEst | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Daystar Masonry | Project management software | |||
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Estimating software | Project management software | |||
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Intuit QuickBooks software | Accounting software | |||
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RISA Technologies RISAMasonry | Project management software | |||
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Tradesman's Software Master Estimator | Project management software | |||
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Adhesive trowels | Trowels | |||
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Adjustable widemouth pliers | Adjustable widemouth pliers | |||
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Adjustable wrenches | Adjustable wrenches | |||
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Air compressors | Air compressors | |||
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Angle grinders | Power grinders | |||
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Arc welders | Welders | |||
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Block and tackle equipment | Blocks or pulleys | |||
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Bolt cutters | Bolt cutters | |||
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Bosun chairs | Manlift or personnel lift | |||
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Bracing equipment | Shoring equipment | |||
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Brick hammers | Hammers | |||
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Brick jointers | Trowels | |||
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Brick spacing rulers | Rulers | |||
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Brick tongs | Tongs | |||
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Bush hammers | Hammers | |||
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C clamps | C clamps | |||
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Carpenters' hammers | Hammers | |||
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Caulking guns | Caulking guns | |||
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Cement mixers | Plaster or mortar mixers | |||
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Chain blocks | Blocks or pulleys | |||
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Chalk lines | Chalk lines | |||
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Circular saws | Power saws | |||
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Claw hammers | Hammers | |||
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Compasses | Compasses | |||
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Concave jointers | Trowels | |||
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Concrete vibrators | Concrete vibrators | |||
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Crowbars | Pry bars | |||
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Cutting torches | Blow torches | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Dust masks | Masks or accessories | |||
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Edgers | Edgers | |||
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Electric winches | Winches | |||
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Fall arrest systems | Safety harnesses or belts | |||
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Floats | Floats | |||
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Forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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Gas generators | Gas generators | |||
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Grease guns | Grease guns | |||
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Groovers | Edgers | |||
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Grout pumps | Hand sprayers | |||
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Hammer drills | Power drills | |||
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Hammers | Hammers | |||
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Hand sprayers | Hand sprayers | |||
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Hard hats | Hard hats | |||
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Hoisting equipment | Hoists | |||
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Hydraulic jacks | Jacks | |||
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Jackhammers | Pneumatic hammer | |||
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Jacks | Jacks | |||
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Jig saws | Power saws | |||
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Ladders | Ladders | |||
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Laser levels | Levels | |||
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Mashing hammers | Hammers | |||
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Masonry brushes | Wire brushes | |||
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Masonry levels | Levels | |||
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Masonry saws | Power saws | |||
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Measuring tapes | Tape measures | |||
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Mixing drills | Plaster or mortar mixers | |||
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Mortar hoes | Hoes | |||
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Mortar mixers | Plaster or mortar mixers | |||
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Notebook computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Outriggers | Lifts | |||
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Pallet jacks | Pallet trucks | |||
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Picks | Picks | |||
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Pitching chisels | Cold chisels | |||
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Plastering trowels | Trowels | |||
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Plumb bobs | Plumb bobs | |||
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Pneumatic chipping guns | Power chippers | |||
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Pneumatic chisels | Pneumatic hammer | |||
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Pointing trowels | Trowels | |||
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Power drills | Power drills | |||
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Power grinders | Power grinders | |||
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Power joint cutters | Cutting machines | |||
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Power saws | Power saws | |||
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Power screwguns | Power screwguns | |||
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Power trowels | Trowels | |||
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Power washers | Pressure or steam cleaners | |||
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Precision squares | Squares | |||
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Pressure gauges | Pressure indicators | |||
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Propane torches | Blow torches | |||
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Protractors | Protractors | |||
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Pry bars | Pry bars | |||
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Rake jointers | Trowels | |||
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Refractory hammers | Hammers | |||
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Rope and pulley systems | Blocks or pulleys | |||
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Round point shovels | Shovels | |||
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Rubber mallets | Mallets | |||
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Rubbing stones | Abrasive stones | |||
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Safety glasses | Safety glasses | |||
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Scaffolding | Scaffolding | |||
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Scrapers | Razor knives | |||
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Screeds | Concrete spreaders | |||
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Screw jacks | Jacks | |||
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Skid steer loaders | Skid steer loaders | |||
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Sled runner jointers | Trowels | |||
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Sledgehammers | Hammers | |||
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Slings | Slings | |||
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Socket wrench sets | Socket sets | |||
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Spray guns | Hand sprayers | |||
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Square point shovels | Shovels | |||
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Staple guns | Staple guns | |||
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Stone masons' hammers | Hammers | |||
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Stone splitters | Cutting machines | |||
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Striking tools | Hammers | |||
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Swing stages | Manlift or personnel lift | |||
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Tile chisels | Cold chisels | |||
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Tile hammers | Hammers | |||
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Torque wrenches | Torque wrenches | |||
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Tower cranes | Tower cranes | |||
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Transit levels | Level sensors or transmitters | |||
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Utility knives | Utility knives | |||
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Water levels | Levels | |||
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Welders | Welders | |||
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Welding machines | Welders | |||
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Wire brushes | Wire brushes | |||
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Wire snips | Wire cutters | |||
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Wood chisels | Wood chisels | |||
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Work cages | Manlift or personnel lift | |||
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Workshop cranes | Workshop cranes | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Less than a High School Diploma | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Up to and including 1 month | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Acid Tank Liner | |||
Adobe Layer | |||
Block Layer | |||
Block Mason | |||
Block Paver | |||
Blockmason | |||
Bottom Liner | |||
Brick Chimney Builder | |||
Brick Dropper | |||
Brick Layer | |||
Brick Mason | |||
Brick Paver | |||
Brick Pointer | |||
Brick Setter | |||
Brick and Block Mason | |||
Bricklayer | |||
Bricklayer Apprentice | |||
Brickmason | |||
Brickmason Apprentice | |||
Casing Builder | |||
Casing Man | |||
Casing Worker | |||
Chimney Builder | |||
Chimney Mechanic | |||
Chimney Repairer | |||
Cinder Block Mason | |||
Coke Oven Mason | |||
Coke Oven Patcher | |||
Concrete Block Layer | |||
Concrete Block Mason | |||
Concrete Finisher | |||
Cupola Liner | |||
Cupola Mechanic | |||
Cupola Patcher | |||
Door Liner | |||
Duct Layer | |||
Epoxy Specialist | |||
Firebrick Layer | |||
Firebrick and Refractory Tile Bricklayer | |||
Fitter | |||
Furnace Builder | |||
Furnace Liner | |||
Furnace Maintenance | |||
Furnace Mason | |||
Furnace Mechanic | |||
Furnace Reliner | |||
Gypsum Block Setter | |||
Hot Top Liner | |||
Kiln Car Repairer | |||
Kiln Door Builder | |||
Kiln Maintenance | |||
Kiln Mechanic | |||
Kiln Repairer | |||
Ladle Builder | |||
Ladle Liner | |||
Ladle Mechanic | |||
Ladle Patcher | |||
Liner | |||
Lining Mechanic | |||
Manhole Builder | |||
Mason | |||
Mason Apprentice | |||
Mason Liner | |||
Masonry Installer | |||
Oven Builder | |||
Patcher | |||
Permastone Mechanic | |||
Plaster Block Layer | |||
Pottery Kiln Builder | |||
Refractory Bricklayer | |||
Reliner | |||
Segment Block Layer | |||
Setter | |||
Silo Erector | |||
Smelter Liner | |||
Spout Liner | |||
Stopping Builder | |||
Tender | |||
Terra Cotta Mason | |||
Terra Cotta Setter | |||
Tunnel Kiln Repairer | |||
Vessel Builder | |||
Vessel Liner | |||
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