Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a stonemason can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a stonemason already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Stonemasons manually carve and assemble stone for construction purposes. While CNC operated carving equipment is the industry standard, artisanal carving for ornamental stone is still done manually.

Also known as mason, structural stoneworker, stone mason, heritage stone mason, stone cutter, fixer mason, artisanal stonemason, stone finisher, architectural stonemason, stone carver, banker mason, heritage stonemason.

Craft and related trades workers 49 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: bricklayer, 62%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
bricklayer 62% covered construction scaffolder 54% covered resilient floor layer 53% covered rigger 52% covered staircase installer 51% covered stonemason You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from stonemason, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a stonemason already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A stonemason needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • regulate cutting speed assisting and caring
  • use stonemason's chisel handling and moving
  • polish stone by hand handling and moving
  • prepare stone for smoothing handling and moving
  • inspect stone surface information skills
  • mark stone workpieces handling and moving
  • types of stone for working engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • create cutting plan handling and moving
  • operate grinding hand tools handling and moving
  • building codes engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a stonemason does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Stonemason is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a stonemason’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.