Also called: Bricklayer
Builds walls, chimneys, and buildings from brick and concrete block.
You string a line, butter each brick with mortar, and lay hundreds in perfect rows on a new school, checking level constantly.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. Paid 3-4 year apprenticeship through the Bricklayers (BAC) union or contractor programs, or trade school.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, Trade school. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Masonry Apprenticeship, Masonry (trade school).
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years). Masonry workers projection.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Bricklaying robots like SAM handle long straight walls on some big jobs; corners, repairs and detail work stay with masons.
Classes: Geometry, Masonry or construction CTE, Art.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2021.
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