What skills should a Stonemason put on a resume?

O*NET rates Critical Thinking, Coordination, Time Management, Complex Problem Solving, and Judgment and Decision Making among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.

What software should a Stonemason list?

Software recorded for this occupation includes Citrix cloud computing software, CPR Visual Estimator, Gregg Software Gregg Rock-It, Intuit QuickBooks, and Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.

What other job titles cover Stonemason work?

O*NET records 29 titles for this occupation, including Mason, Stone Derrickman, Stone Mason, and Stone Setter. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

What qualifications does a Stonemason need?

In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 38% reported their level of education as "Less than a High School Diploma". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

Will this resume pass an ATS for a Stonemason role?

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Stonemason resume example

A resume for a Stonemason needs to show the work itself: build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Day to day that means work like this: lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines; shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

Mason
Stone Derrickman
Stone Mason
Stone Setter
Artificial Stone Applicator
Banker Mason
Composition Stone Applicator
Construction Monument Setter
Curbstone Setter
Derrickman
Flagstone Layer
Formstone Fitter
Granite Block Paver
Granite Setter
Marble Setter
Material Applicator
Memorial Mason
Monument Erector

O*NET records 29 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
Remove wedges, fill joints between stones, finish joints between stones, using a trowel, and smooth the mortar to an attractive finish, using a tuck pointer.
Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.
Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid.
Lay brick to build shells of chimneys and smokestacks or to line or reline industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations.
Replace broken or missing masonry units in walls or floors.
Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools.
Drill holes in marble or ornamental stone and anchor brackets in holes.
Repair cracked or chipped areas of stone or marble, using blowtorch and mastic, and remove rough or defective spots from concrete, using power grinder or chisel and hammer.

17 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

Citrix cloud computing software
CPR Visual Estimator
Gregg Software Gregg Rock-It
Intuit QuickBooks
Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office software
Microsoft Word
ProEst Software ProEst Estimating
RISA Technologies RISA-3D
SAP software
Tradesman's Software Master Estimator
Virtual private networking VPN software

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

12 pound sledge hammers
16 pound sledge hammers
8 pound sledge hammers
Angle chisels
Angle grinders
Boom lifts
Brick hammers
Bush hammers
Buttering trowels
Cable winches
Cape chisels
Carry clamps

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

apply mortar

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

01Critical Thinking
02Coordination
03Time Management
04Complex Problem Solving
05Judgment and Decision Making
06Social Perceptiveness
07Active Learning
08Active Listening
09Management of Personnel Resources
10Monitoring

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

Mathematics
Building and Construction
Public Safety and Security
Design
Mechanical
Education and Training

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

38%Less than a High School Diploma
32%High School Diploma, or the equivalent
30%Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Medium Preparation Needed”. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Common questions

What does a Stonemason do?: Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Day to day that includes work like lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines and Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
What skills should a Stonemason put on a resume?: O*NET rates Critical Thinking, Coordination, Time Management, Complex Problem Solving, and Judgment and Decision Making among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Stonemason list?: Software recorded for this occupation includes Citrix cloud computing software, CPR Visual Estimator, Gregg Software Gregg Rock-It, Intuit QuickBooks, and Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Stonemason work?: O*NET records 29 titles for this occupation, including Mason, Stone Derrickman, Stone Mason, and Stone Setter. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Stonemason need?: In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 38% reported their level of education as "Less than a High School Diploma". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Stonemason role?: No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

If this is the job you are aiming at, the guide to tailoring a resume covers how to aim one posting properly, and building and exporting a resume here is free.

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