Rochester

Duluth

St Cloud

Southwest Mn

Mankato

Bemidji

Minneapolis

Brainerd

High Paying

Work Indoors

Not Customer Facing

Variety of Tools

Not Hard on Body

Small Teams

Stonemasonry or stonecraft is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material. It is one of the oldest activities and professions in human history.

Work that will last forever.

Stone Mason

Are able to work up within their small teams.

Advancement Potential

Very low startup cost and high likelihood of success.

Entrepreneurship Potential 

There are specializations within the trade.

Optionality Potential

I build things with my hands that will last forever and that is pretty cool. This is great work to support a family, and its not overly stressful. I get to see some cool places too.

Jimmy B.

Pride in my work is very important to me and that's one of the main things that drew me to this trade. I like my work will stand forever. It will outlast me by a long time and I'm very proud of that. Good pay too. Nice pace of work.

Kurt J.

This trade is good, honest work and also very self satisfying as you work and build with your hands. When your workday is over you have the feeling of accomplishment! 

Pat W.

Cold Chisels

Used to score and then break stone along the scored line.

Mason's Chisel

The Masonry trowel is a hand trowel used in brickwork or stonework for leveling, spreading and shaping mortar or concrete.

Trowel

has one flat traditional face and a short or long chisel-shaped blade.[1] It can thus be used to chip off edges or small pieces of stone, cut brick or a concrete masonry unit, without using a separate chisel. The chisel blade can also be used to rapidly cut bricks or cinder blocks.

Brick Hammer

a level longer than a carpenter's level used in laying brick and stone masonry. Sometimes with padded ends for striking with a hammer.

Masons Level

A jointer in masonry construction is a tool in the form of a striking iron or a striking tool used to finish the vertical or the horizontal mortar joints. The masonry construction requires tooling process which help in waterproofing the joints and also to beautify the construction.

Becoming a Stone Mason in Rochester, Minnesota

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Tools of the Trade

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