Stonemasons, stone cutters, splitters and carvers cut and shape hard and soft stone blocks and slabs for the construction and maintenance of stone structures and monumental masonry, and carve designs and figures in stone.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Stonemasons, stone cutters, splitters and carvers - from R8 110 to R28 742 per month - 2025.
- A Stonemasons, stone cutters, splitters and carvers typically earns between R8 110 and R12 964 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R9 213 and R16 726 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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Duties and tasks
- Driving wedges into quarried stone to break it into slabs or blocks
- Selecting and grading slabs and blocks of granite, marble, and other stone
- Cutting, shaping and finishing building and monumental stone such as granite or marble using hand tools or hand-held power tools
- Making patterns and marking shapes on stone for subsequent sawing, planing, drilling and other dressing and cutting operations
- Cutting and carving characters, figures or designs on stone blocks used for monuments or memorials
- Setting stone in the erection of monuments and memorials
- Repairing and replacing stonework on old buildings, churches and monuments
