Description:

Lays building materials such as brick, block, stone (field and limestone) to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures by performing the following duties.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: • Measures distance from reference points and marks guidelines on working surface to lay out work. • Spreads soft bed (layer) of mortar that serves as base and binder for block. • Applies mortar to end of block and positions block in mortar bed. • Taps block with trowel to level, align, and embed in mortar, allowing specified thickness of joint. • Removes excess mortar from face of block. • Finishes mortar between brick with pointing tool or trowel. • Breaks bricks to fit spaces too small for whole brick. • Determines vertical and horizontal alignment of courses. • Fastens brick or terra cotta veneer to face of structures, with tie wires embedded in mortar between bricks, or in anchor holes in veneer brick. • Welds metal parts to steel structural members. • Applies plaster to walls to complete repair work. Other job-related duties may be assigned

Benefits:

Trade Union Benefits

Payscale: