Also called: Paver Installer
Builds patios, walkways, retaining walls, and outdoor kitchens from stone and pavers.
You excavate a patio, compact gravel, screed sand, and lay thousands of pavers in a herringbone pattern. By sunset the client has a new backyard.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. On-the-job training; ICPI/Concrete Masonry certification for pavers helps.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Landscape Construction (certificate).
Growing about average. Strong outdoor living demand.
Low risk for 10 years. Laser levels and paver-laying machines help on big jobs; most patios and walls are still built by hand on tricky sites.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to landscape and hardscape contractors as a laborer; they train you
Classes: Geometry, Masonry or construction CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-4091.
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