You can get into this job through:
Entry requirements:
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:
Entry requirements:
You could do a stonemason intermediate apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship has pathways for different types of stonemasonry work, for example:
This typically takes 24 months to complete as a mix of workplace learning and off-the-job study.
Entry requirements:
You could start as a construction labourer and take further training with your employer to get a qualification in stonemasonry.
Digital skills : to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device
Skills:Stonemasons carve blocks of stone, and lay and fit stonework into place on construction projects.
You’ll be working with materials like sandstone, limestone, slate, marble and granite. In your day-to-day duties you may:
Location : You could work on a construction site or in a workshop.
Environment : Your working environment may be at height, outdoors some of the time, dusty, noisy and physically demanding.
Uniform : You may need to wear safety clothing and use safety equipment.
With experience, you could progress to supervisory jobs like site supervisor or clerk of works.
You could also set up your own stonemasonry business.
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 further education college or training centre.
Find out more about teaching in further education from Teach in further education .