Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.
<ul><li>Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.</li><li>Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.</li><li>Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.</li><li>Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.</li><li>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.</li><li>Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.</li><li>Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid.</li><li>Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.</li><li>Replace broken or missing masonry units in walls or floors.</li><li>Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools.</li><li>Drill holes in marble or ornamental stone and anchor brackets in holes.</li><li>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.</li><li>Remove sections of monument from truck bed, and guide stone onto foundation, using skids, hoist, or truck crane.</li><li>Construct and install prefabricated masonry units.</li></ul>