Stonemason definition

Stonemason means an employee on construction work, engaged in the dressing, setting, fixing, coping, drilling or boxing up any kind of stone including terrazzo, composition or other reconstituted stone by hand or machine, that has to be cut to a mould or template, or which has to be proven by a square or straight edge or set to a line or level, and includes a worker who fixed manufactured stone to the facade of a building or the building of stone veneer in random or ashlar; the restoration and colouration of decayed stone, including the preparation and use of materials or liquids of any sort necessary for such work. The dressing and/or setting of all kinds of masonry shall be regarded as masons' work but if no mason be immediately available, a competent tradesperson may set plain sills, step, templates, windows or door heads.
Stonemason means an employee engaged in the dressing or setting of any kind of stonework that has to be cut to a mould or template or which has to be proven by a square or straight edge or set to a line or a level.
Stonemason means one who sets stone to build stone structures, such as piers, walls and abutments, or lays walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry, such as alberene (acid-resistant soapstone for vats, tanks, and floors), using a mason's tools; shapes stone preparatory to setting, using a chisel hammer, and other shaping tools; spreads mortar over stone and foundation with a trowel and sets stone in place by hand or with the aid of a crane; aligns stone with plumbline and finishes joints between stone with a pointing trowel; may spread mortar along mortar guides to ensure joints of uniform thickness; may clean surface of finished wall to remove mortar, using muriatic acid and a brush; and may set cut and dressed ornamental and structural stone in buildings.

Examples of Stonemason in a sentence

  • This Agreement covers the work performed by the Bricklayer, Stonemason, Concrete Blocklayer, and Cleaner, or any work within the scope of brick masonry, stone masonry, block masonry, or refractory and acid resistant masonry whether performed at the jobsite or prefabricated on or off the jobsite.

  • This classification is tended by Tender to Masons Trades: Brick and Stonemason, Mortar Mixer, Hod Carrier ↑ Back to Table of Contents CARPENTERS WageBenefitZone Pay:District 1$25.00$13.57All DistrictsDistrict 2$25.00$13.860-30 mi.

  • Mason" means an employee who has completed an apprenticeship or a recognised period of training under the Vocational Education, Training and Employment Act 2000 as a Stonemason (such Apprenticeship to comprise 4 years training as a cutter and one year as a setter) who is qualified to use all necessary tools or implements of the trade, either hand or mechanical tools, and is qualified to cut, fix, point and drill any natural building stone or artificial stone.

  • The Stonemason shall issue a 10 year guarantee of workmanship and material, including stability of the memorial, to the purchaser, and provide evidence to the Council of a public liability insurance policy in the sum of £10,000,000 before any permit will be issued by the Council.

  • The proposed projects respond to these needs and serve to establish core technical and institutional capacities required to scale up the delivery and use of climate information and services for health.


More Definitions of Stonemason

Stonemason means a worker who cuts by hand or fixes all classes of natural stone that has to be cut to a mould or template, or which has to be proven by a square or straight edge or set to a level or line. The term includes a worker who fixes manufactured stone to the facade of a building.
Stonemason means an employee who cuts by hand or fixes all classes of natural stone that has to be cut to a mould or template, or which has to be proven by a square or straight edge or set to a level or line.
Stonemason means a mason who carries out ornamental stone work;
Stonemason s Assistant’ means a person employed in the industry assisting or labouring and who otherwise is not classified above.
Stonemason means an employee who is registered as an Artisan with the Council in terms of clause 17 of this Agreement and who cuts and shapes 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.
Stonemason means a qualified bona fide person or firm appointed to undertake the installation, maintenance or repair of headstones.
Stonemason s Assistant" shall mean a person employed in the industry assisting or labouring and who otherwise is not classified in 4.1.14, 4.1.15, 4.1.16, 4.1.17, 4.1.18, 4.1.19 and 4.1.20 above.