MASONRY

Those who enjoy working with their hands and learning basic construction skills might consider a career in masonry. The work of a mason varies, from laying a simple masonry walkway to installing an ornate exterior on a high-rise building. Workers cut or break the materials used to create walls, floors, and other structures. Once their building materials are properly sized, they are laid with or without a binding material. Workers use their perceptions and a variety of tools to ensure that the structure meets the desired standards. After they finish laying the bricks, blocks, or stone, the workers clean the finished product with a variety of cleaning agents.

Brickmasons generally build and repair walls, floors, partitions, fireplaces, chimneys, and other structures with brick, precast masonry panels, concrete block, and similar masonry materials. Some brickmasons specialize in areas such as installing firebrick linings in industrial furnaces. The Masonry NCCER (National Center for Construction Education and Research) program teaches students basic construction, and basic and advanced skills in masonry and bricklaying, including how to construct and form footings, foundations, columns, and floor and wall framing.

Program graduates receive a Masonry diploma and three Technical Certificates of Credit―Advanced Masonry NCCER, Basic Masonry NCCER, and Masonry Technology NCCER which qualifies them as a one-year apprentice brick and block mason or as a one-year apprentice tile setter. They can also test to be NCCER certified. These qualifications open opportunities for employment with contractors and businesses such as LRA Constructors and Benton’s Masonry, among others. Graduates from this program are often hired for construction projects such as schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, and other structures.

Opportunities For Continued Education

After completing the Masonry NCCER program, students might choose to continue their education by enrolling in the Carpentry program.

Degree

Mechatronics Technology

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Mechatronics Technology

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Industrial Mechatronics

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