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O*NET detailed work activityInstall masonry materials
Stays humanHands-on work
9 jobs19 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Build structures, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 19 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- 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.
- Lay and set mosaic tiles to create decorative wall, mural, and floor designs.
- Fasten or fuse brick or other building material to structure with wire clamps, anchor holes, torch, or cement.
- Cut, surface, polish, and install marble and granite or install pre-cast terrazzo, granite or marble units.
- Construct and install prefabricated masonry units.
- Replace broken or missing masonry units in walls or floors.
- Resurface an outside area with cobblestones, terracotta tiles, concrete or other materials.
- Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.
- Lay and align bricks, blocks, or tiles to build or repair structures or high temperature equipment, such as cupola, kilns, ovens, or furnaces.
- Nail channels or wood furring strips to surfaces to provide mounting for tile.
- Build underbeds and install anchor bolts, wires, and brackets.
- Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels.
- Mount tile, using adhesives, or by nailing, screwing, stapling, or wire-tying lath directly to structural frameworks.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Finish and dress the joints and wipe excess grout from between tiles, using damp sponge.
- Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
- Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth with a trowel.
- Cut fixture or border tiles to size, using keyhole saws, and insert them into surrounding frameworks.
- Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.
- Place, consolidate, or protect case-in-place concrete or masonry structures.