Stonemasons carve blocks of stone, and lay and fit stonework into place on construction projects.
£15,000 Starter
to£35,000 Experienced
43 to 45 a week
evenings / weekends occasionally
You can get into this job through:
You could take a college course, which would teach you some of the skills needed to get a trainee job with a building company. Courses include:
You may need:
You could do an advanced apprenticeship in stonemasonry heritage skills.
This will usually take 30 months to complete. You'll do on-the-job training and spend time with a college or training provider.
You'll usually need:
You could start as a construction labourer and take further training with your employer to get a qualification in stonemasonry.
you'll need a Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card or equivalent to train and work on a construction site
You can do specialist training courses if you're interested in heritage and conservation skills in stonemasonry.
You'll find more on careers in stonemasonry from Go Construct and the Stone Federation.
You'll need:
You’ll be working with materials like sandstone, limestone, slate, marble and granite. Your day-to-day duties may include:
You could work on a construction site or in a workshop.
Your working environment may be at height, outdoors some of the time, dusty, noisy and physically demanding.
You may need to wear safety clothing.
With experience, you could progress to supervisory jobs like site supervisor or clerk of works.
You could also move into a related area, like estimating and construction management.
With further training, you could work as a stonemason or bricklaying instructor at a college or training centre.
You could also set up your own stonemasonry business.