Stonemasons, stone cutters, splitters and carvers cut and shape hard and soft stone blocks and slabs for the construction and maintenance of stone structures and monumental masonry, and carve designs and figures in stone.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Stonemasons, stone cutters, splitters and carvers - from £2,358 to £4,260 per month - 2025.
- A Stonemasons, stone cutters, splitters and carvers typically earns between £2,358 and £4,040 gross per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between £2,407 and £3,972 per month for a working week of 38 hours.
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Job Responsibilities
- Driving wedges into quarried stone to break it into slabs or blocks
- Selecting and grading slabs and blocks of granite, marble, and other stone
- Cutting, shaping and finishing building and monumental stone such as granite or marble using hand tools or hand-held power tools
- Making patterns and marking shapes on stone for subsequent sawing, planing, drilling and other dressing and cutting operations
- Cutting and carving characters, figures or designs on stone blocks used for monuments or memorials
- Setting stone in the erection of monuments and memorials
- Repairing and replacing stonework on old buildings, churches and monuments
