Annual Salary
£15,000 to £35,000
Average UK salary in 2022 was £33,200
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Stonemasons carve blocks of stone, and lay and fit stonework into place on construction projects.
Average UK salary in 2022 was £33,200
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: evenings / weekends; occasionally
There will be
1.1% fewer Stonemason jobs in 2027.
You’ll be working with materials like sandstone, limestone, slate, marble and granite. In your day-to-day duties you may:
You may need to wear safety clothing and use safety equipment.
You could work on a construction site or in a workshop.
Your working environment may be at height, outdoors some of the time, dusty, noisy and physically demanding.
You can get into this job through:
You could take a college course, which would teach you some of the skills needed to get a trainee job with a building company. Courses include:
You may need:
You could do a stonemason intermediate apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship has pathways for different types of stonemasonry work, for example:
This typically takes 24 months to complete as a mix of workplace learning and off-the-job study.
You'll usually need:
You could start as a construction labourer and take further training with your employer to get a qualification in stonemasonry.
You can do specialist training courses if you're interested in heritage and conservation skills in stonemasonry.
You'll find more on careers in stonemasonry from Go Construct and the Stone Federation.
You can also get details about stonemasonry carving skills from the Crafts Council.
With experience, you could progress to supervisory jobs like site supervisor or clerk of works.
You could also set up your own stonemasonry business.
You could also move into a related area, like estimating and construction management.
With further training, you could work as a stonemason or bricklaying instructor at a further education college or training centre.
Find out more about teaching in further education from Teach in further education.
You'll find more on careers in stonemasonry from Go Construct and the Stone Federation.
Stonemasons are needed to work on sustainable and low carbon building and construction projects in the West of England.
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For more information on the different routes you can take to get into working as a stonemason, take a look at the 'Routes into this job' section above.
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You'll need: