stonemasontobricklayer
A stonemason already meets 62% of what the bricklayer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
62%
46.5/ 100
1 Share of the bricklayer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the stonemason profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A bricklayer role treats 13 of its required skills as things a stonemason already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- finish mortar joints
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- follow safety procedures when working at heights
- inspect construction supplies
- interpret 2D plans
- interpret 3D plans
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bricklayer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a stonemason background worth leading with.
- already held finish mortar joints constructing
- already held mix construction grouts handling and moving
- already held build scaffolding constructing
- already held rig loads handling and moving
- already held building codes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held secure working area assisting and caring
All 28 carried skills, including the 13 the bricklayer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held check straightness of brick required
- required, not held install construction profiles required
- required, not held lay bricks required
- optional, not held install falsework optional
- optional, not held place concrete forms optional
- optional, not held pour concrete optional
- optional, not held remove concrete forms optional
- optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
- optional, not held install insulation material optional
- optional, not held reinforce concrete optional
- required, not held snap chalk line required
- required, not held split bricks required
- optional, not held apply finish to concrete optional
- optional, not held operate masonry power saw optional
- optional, not held screed concrete optional
- optional, not held mix concrete optional
- required, not held discharge cement required
- optional, not held operate surveying instruments optional
- optional, not held document survey operations optional
- optional, not held use squaring pole optional
- optional, not held inspect supplied concrete optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a bricklayer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 check straightness of brick skill · sector specific
- 02 discharge cement skill · sector specific
- 03 install construction profiles skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 28 skills that carry over
- already held finish mortar joints skill
- already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- already held inspect construction supplies skill
- already held interpret 2D plans skill
- already held interpret 3D plans skill
- already held mix construction grouts skill
- already held secure working area skill
- already held sort waste skill
- already held transport construction supplies skill
- already held use measurement instruments skill
- already held use safety equipment in construction skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held apply restoration techniques skill
- already held build scaffolding skill
- already held building codes knowledge
- already held calculate needs for construction supplies skill
- already held estimate restoration costs skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held maintain work area cleanliness skill
- already held monitor stock level skill
- already held order construction supplies skill
- already held process incoming construction supplies skill
- already held rig loads skill
- already held set up temporary construction site infrastructure skill
- already held work in a construction team skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply finish to concrete optional
- optional, not held document survey operations optional
- optional, not held install falsework optional
- optional, not held operate masonry power saw optional
- optional, not held operate surveying instruments optional
- optional, not held place concrete forms optional
- optional, not held pour concrete optional
- optional, not held remove concrete forms optional
- optional, not held screed concrete optional
- optional, not held use squaring pole optional
- optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
- optional, not held inspect supplied concrete optional
- optional, not held install insulation material optional
- optional, not held mix concrete optional
- optional, not held reinforce concrete optional
21 held skills the bricklayer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on construction materials skill
- not needed by the target role answer requests for quotation skill
- not needed by the target role assess conservation needs skill
- not needed by the target role create cutting plan skill
- not needed by the target role inspect stone surface skill
- not needed by the target role lay stones skill
- not needed by the target role mark stone workpieces skill
- not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
- not needed by the target role operate grinding hand tools skill
- not needed by the target role pack stone products skill
- not needed by the target role polish stone by hand skill
- not needed by the target role polish stone surfaces skill
- not needed by the target role prepare stone for smoothing skill
- not needed by the target role program a CNC controller skill
- not needed by the target role regulate cutting speed skill
- not needed by the target role sharpen edged tools skill
- not needed by the target role tend stone splitting machine skill
- not needed by the target role types of stone for working knowledge
- not needed by the target role use pneumatic chisel skill
- not needed by the target role use stone splitting techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use stonemason's chisel skill
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.