Overview
All Bricklayers and Stonemasons
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$2,070 Weekly Pay
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Moderate Future Growth
Bricklayers
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19,300 workers Employment Size
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Medium skill Skill level rating
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77% Full-Time Full-Time Share
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42 hours Average full-time
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38 years Average age
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1% female Gender Share
Bricklayers lay bricks, pre-cut stone and other types of building blocks in mortar to construct and repair walls, partitions, arches and other structures.
Specialisations: Chimney Builder, Refractory Bricklayer, Retort Setter (Bricklaying), Tuckpointer.
You can work as a Bricklayer without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. However, a certificate III in bricklaying/blocklaying is usually required. This course is often completed as part of an apprenticeship.
Tasks
- Studies plans and specifications to determine materials required, dimensions and installation procedures.
- Erects scaffolding.
- Seals foundations with damp resistant materials and spreads layers of mortar to serve as base and binder for blocks, using trowels.
- Lays bricks in rows, designs and shapes, and spreads mortar between the joints.
- Embeds blocks in mortar and removes excess mortar.
- Checks vertical and horizontal alignment.
- Cuts, shapes, and polishes stones and bricks using machines and hand tools, and shapes bricks to fit irregular spaces.
- Repairs and maintains bricks, cement blocks and related structures.
Prospects
The number of people working as Bricklayers (in their main job) fell over 5 years:
from 20,800 in 2011 to 19,300 in 2016.
Caution: The Australian jobs market is changing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These estimates do not take account of the impact of COVID-19. They may not reflect the current jobs market and should be used and interpreted with extreme caution.
- Size: This is a medium sized occupation.
- Location: Many Bricklayers work in Western Australia.
- Industries: Most work in the Construction industry.
- Full-time: Many work full-time (77%, higher than the average of 66%).
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 42 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 38 years (compared to the average of 40 years).
- Gender: 1% of workers are female (compared to the average of 48%).
Main Industries
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Industries are based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC 06).
States and Territories
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian States and Territories, in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Profile
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Education Level
Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
Pathways
You can work as a Bricklayer without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. However, a certificate III in bricklaying/blocklaying is usually required. This course is often completed as part of an apprenticeship.
Registration or licencing may be required.
Before starting a course, check it will provide you with the skills and qualifications you need. Visit
- My Skills to compare Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, providers and student outcomes.
- AAPathways website to explore Construction, Plumbing and Services VET training pathways.
Skills & Knowledge
Employers look for Bricklayers and Stonemasons who are reliable, work well in a team and are hardworking.
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
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Building and construction
Materials, and methods used to construct or repair houses, buildings, or other structures like highways and roads.
-
Education and training
Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
-
Technical design
Design techniques, tools, and principles used to make detailed technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Customer and personal service
Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.
-
Public safety and security
Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.
-
Mechanical
Machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
-
Production and processing
Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.
-
Engineering and technology
Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
Chemistry
Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Law and government
How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.
-
Transportation
Moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road.
-
Physics
The physical laws of matter, motion and energy, and how they interact through space and time.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Sales and marketing
Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Sociology and anthropology
Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
-
Mathematics
Using maths to solve problems.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Quality control analysis
Doing tests and checking products, services, or processes to make sure they are working properly.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Operation and control
Controlling equipment or systems.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
-
Equipment selection
Deciding on the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
-
Management of personnel resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.
-
Operation monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Management of material resources
Providing the right equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do work.
-
Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Static strength
Lift, push, pull, or carry things.
-
Trunk strength
Use your abdominal and lower back muscles a number of times without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
-
Extent flexibility
Bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
-
Visualization
Imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Dynamic strength
Exercise for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
-
Manual dexterity
Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
-
Far vision
See details that are far away.
-
Multilimb coordination
Use your arms and/or legs at the same time while sitting, standing, or lying down.
-
Arm-hand steadiness
Keep your hand or arm steady.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Control precision
Quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Selective attention
Pay attention to something without being distracted.
-
Balance
Keep your balance or stay upright.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
-
Stamina
Exercise for a long time without getting winded or out of breath.
-
Mathematics
Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
-
Handling and moving objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, moving and manipulating objects.
-
Doing physically active work
Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.
-
Checking for errors or defects
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.
-
Coordinating the work of a team
Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Planning and prioritising work
Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.
-
Scheduling work and activities
Working out the timing of events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
-
Checking compliance with standards
Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
-
Drafting, laying out, and specifying parts
Detailing and describing how devices, parts or equipment are to be made, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
-
Assessing and evaluating things
Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.
-
Controlling equipment or machines
Operating machines or processes either directly or using controls (not including computers or vehicles).
-
Making decisions and solving problems
Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.
-
Thinking creatively
Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.
-
Driving vehicles or equipment
Running, manoeuvring, navigating, or driving things like forklifts, vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
-
Collecting and organising information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Estimating amounts, costs and resources
Working out sizes, distances, amounts, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for a task.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 47-2021.00 - Brickmasons and Blockmasons.
Work Environment
Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.
Filter Work Environment
Demands
The physical and social demands workers face most often are shown below.
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Outdoors, exposed to weather
Work outdoors, exposed to the weather.
-
Using your hands to handle, control, or feel
Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.
-
Spend time standing
Spend time standing at work.
-
Making repetitive motions
Spend time making repetitive motions.
-
Wear common protective or safety equipment
Wear equipment like safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets.
-
Bending or twisting your body
Spend time bending or twisting your body.
-
Loud or uncomfortable sounds
Be exposed to noises and sounds that are distracting or uncomfortable.
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Work at heights
Work in high places (e.g., on poles, scaffolding, catwalks, or ladders).
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Exposure to contaminants
Be exposed to pollutants, gases, dust or odours.
-
Very hot or cold temperatures
Work in very hot or cold temperatures.
-
Impact of decisions
Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.
-
Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
-
Contact with people
Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Dangerous equipment
Work near dangerous equipment like saws, machinery with open moving parts, or moving traffic.
-
Minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings
Be exposed to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings.
Values
Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
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Support
Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.
-
Working conditions
Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.
-
Independence
Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.
-
Achievement
Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.
-
Relationships
Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
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Recognition
Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.
Interests
Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.
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Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.
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Administrative
Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.
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Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.
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Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.
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Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.
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Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 47-2021.00 - Brickmasons and Blockmasons.
All Bricklayers and Stonemasons
-
$2,070 Weekly Pay
-
Moderate Future Growth
Bricklayers
-
19,300 workers Employment Size
-
Medium skill Skill level rating
-
77% Full-Time Full-Time Share
-
42 hours Average full-time
-
38 years Average age
-
1% female Gender Share
Bricklayers lay bricks, pre-cut stone and other types of building blocks in mortar to construct and repair walls, partitions, arches and other structures.
Specialisations: Chimney Builder, Refractory Bricklayer, Retort Setter (Bricklaying), Tuckpointer.
You can work as a Bricklayer without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. However, a certificate III in bricklaying/blocklaying is usually required. This course is often completed as part of an apprenticeship.
Tasks
- Studies plans and specifications to determine materials required, dimensions and installation procedures.
- Erects scaffolding.
- Seals foundations with damp resistant materials and spreads layers of mortar to serve as base and binder for blocks, using trowels.
- Lays bricks in rows, designs and shapes, and spreads mortar between the joints.
- Embeds blocks in mortar and removes excess mortar.
- Checks vertical and horizontal alignment.
- Cuts, shapes, and polishes stones and bricks using machines and hand tools, and shapes bricks to fit irregular spaces.
- Repairs and maintains bricks, cement blocks and related structures.
The number of people working as Bricklayers (in their main job) fell over 5 years:
from 20,800 in 2011 to 19,300 in 2016.
Caution: The Australian jobs market is changing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These estimates do not take account of the impact of COVID-19. They may not reflect the current jobs market and should be used and interpreted with extreme caution.
- Size: This is a medium sized occupation.
- Location: Many Bricklayers work in Western Australia.
- Industries: Most work in the Construction industry.
- Full-time: Many work full-time (77%, higher than the average of 66%).
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 42 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 38 years (compared to the average of 40 years).
- Gender: 1% of workers are female (compared to the average of 48%).
Main Industries
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Industries are based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC 06).
States and Territories
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian States and Territories, in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Profile
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Education Level
Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
You can work as a Bricklayer without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. However, a certificate III in bricklaying/blocklaying is usually required. This course is often completed as part of an apprenticeship.
Registration or licencing may be required.
Before starting a course, check it will provide you with the skills and qualifications you need. Visit
- My Skills to compare Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, providers and student outcomes.
- AAPathways website to explore Construction, Plumbing and Services VET training pathways.
Employers look for Bricklayers and Stonemasons who are reliable, work well in a team and are hardworking.
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
-
Building and construction
Materials, and methods used to construct or repair houses, buildings, or other structures like highways and roads.
-
Education and training
Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
-
Technical design
Design techniques, tools, and principles used to make detailed technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Customer and personal service
Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.
-
Public safety and security
Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.
-
Mechanical
Machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
-
Production and processing
Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.
-
Engineering and technology
Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
Chemistry
Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Law and government
How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.
-
Transportation
Moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road.
-
Physics
The physical laws of matter, motion and energy, and how they interact through space and time.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Sales and marketing
Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Sociology and anthropology
Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
-
Mathematics
Using maths to solve problems.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Quality control analysis
Doing tests and checking products, services, or processes to make sure they are working properly.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Operation and control
Controlling equipment or systems.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
-
Equipment selection
Deciding on the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
-
Management of personnel resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.
-
Operation monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Management of material resources
Providing the right equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do work.
-
Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Static strength
Lift, push, pull, or carry things.
-
Trunk strength
Use your abdominal and lower back muscles a number of times without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
-
Extent flexibility
Bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
-
Visualization
Imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Dynamic strength
Exercise for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
-
Manual dexterity
Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
-
Far vision
See details that are far away.
-
Multilimb coordination
Use your arms and/or legs at the same time while sitting, standing, or lying down.
-
Arm-hand steadiness
Keep your hand or arm steady.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Control precision
Quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Selective attention
Pay attention to something without being distracted.
-
Balance
Keep your balance or stay upright.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
-
Stamina
Exercise for a long time without getting winded or out of breath.
-
Mathematics
Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
-
Handling and moving objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, moving and manipulating objects.
-
Doing physically active work
Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.
-
Checking for errors or defects
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.
-
Coordinating the work of a team
Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Planning and prioritising work
Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.
-
Scheduling work and activities
Working out the timing of events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
-
Checking compliance with standards
Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
-
Drafting, laying out, and specifying parts
Detailing and describing how devices, parts or equipment are to be made, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
-
Assessing and evaluating things
Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.
-
Controlling equipment or machines
Operating machines or processes either directly or using controls (not including computers or vehicles).
-
Making decisions and solving problems
Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.
-
Thinking creatively
Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.
-
Driving vehicles or equipment
Running, manoeuvring, navigating, or driving things like forklifts, vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
-
Collecting and organising information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Estimating amounts, costs and resources
Working out sizes, distances, amounts, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for a task.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 47-2021.00 - Brickmasons and Blockmasons.
Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.
Filter Work Environment
Demands
The physical and social demands workers face most often are shown below.
-
Outdoors, exposed to weather
Work outdoors, exposed to the weather.
-
Using your hands to handle, control, or feel
Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.
-
Spend time standing
Spend time standing at work.
-
Making repetitive motions
Spend time making repetitive motions.
-
Wear common protective or safety equipment
Wear equipment like safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets.
-
Bending or twisting your body
Spend time bending or twisting your body.
-
Loud or uncomfortable sounds
Be exposed to noises and sounds that are distracting or uncomfortable.
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Work at heights
Work in high places (e.g., on poles, scaffolding, catwalks, or ladders).
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Exposure to contaminants
Be exposed to pollutants, gases, dust or odours.
-
Very hot or cold temperatures
Work in very hot or cold temperatures.
-
Impact of decisions
Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.
-
Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
-
Contact with people
Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Dangerous equipment
Work near dangerous equipment like saws, machinery with open moving parts, or moving traffic.
-
Minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings
Be exposed to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings.
Values
Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
-
Support
Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.
-
Working conditions
Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.
-
Independence
Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.
-
Achievement
Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.
-
Relationships
Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
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Recognition
Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.
Interests
Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.
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Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.
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Administrative
Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.
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Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.
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Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.
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Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.
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Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

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