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Apprentice Banker Stonemason
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£16.6k/yr
Posted about 1 month ago
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Working alongside our existing stonemason you will learn to produce a wide range of items from raw stone block. This will include building stone, fireplaces, windows and sills and individually commissioned bespoke stone pieces.
The tasks will be as follows:
- To understand and confirm masonry requirements against drawings and orders
- To make moulds or templates or use pre-existing moulds to produce stone masonry pieces such as windows and sills
- The use of hand tools and power tools to produce the required products
- Working to precise details and high-quality specifications
- Dressing of stone to the required finish
- Some conservation and restoration of heritage stone items
- Occasional installation of the finished product on site
- Adherence to all Health & Safety requirements on site
- Working as part of a small team to deliver orders on time and to the highest quality
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Course contents
Core
- Carry out safe stonemasonry working practices, comply with health, safety and welfare legislation, conduct risk assessments; Report any workplace hazards, incidents, near misses, accidents or emergencies.
- Apply all safeguards and complete pre-use checks when using tools.
- Select and use the appropriate tools, components and equipment; Repair and maintain tools, components and equipment.
- Plan the sequence of stonemasonry work required; Ensure work is completed safely within the allocated time and budget and report any situations which affect the work schedule.
- Select the required type and quantity of materials, move, handle and store safely.
- Set out and work stone to receive enrichments such as flat, moulded, straight and curved, internal and external mitres, stop ends and returned ends.
- Clean and tidy work area when work is finished; Store, transport and dispose of masonry waste; Reduce, reuse or recycle waste produced; Use work practices and resources which will contribute to zero/low carbon outcomes
- Communicate with colleagues/customers; use industry terminology.
- Ensure the products are the right size and fit to meet the design specification.
Banker Stonemason
- Produce enrichments for example repeated enrichment (egg and dart, or tongue and dart, or bead and reel), v-cut carving, high relief carving or low relief carving.
- Position and secure the stones in the required locations and identify bedding planes to suit the use of the stone component; When securing stone, ensure correct measurement, marking out, shape, level, fit, finish and position.
- Comply with specific organisational and manufacturer's quality standards as required by the job specification and report any variation in quality, implementing agreed corrective actions where required.
- Measure, mark out, cut and finish standard templates or moulds.
- Produce true and square natural stone components.
- Prepare, conserve, repair or refurbish existing stone masonry by replicating, removing, replacing or stabilising the existing structure; prepare mortars, joint finishing and applying surface finishes, all of which match existing masonry as close as possible or are in line with the conservation plan.
- Produce basic section bed and mould for natural stone components.
- Produce bespoke natural stone components: for example shaped curved on plan, tracery, ramp and twist, spheres, entablature, ionic components or finials
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Interior Stone Fixer
- Check and prepare existing internal surfaces to receive stonework; apply pre-sealants, water and solvent based final sealants and protection.
- Mix and apply mortar and sand renders, adhesives and grouts, substrates and screeds (including self-levelling); install thermal, movement and expansion joints.
- Form angles, reveals, cills and soffits, floor drainage and outlets; install membranes and lay natural stone flooring to regular and irregular surfaces, fix trims and movement joints including treads, risers and landings; fix internal stonework to vertical, horizontal and wall and floor surfaces, fix internal treads, risers and work surfaces.
Interior Stone Fixer/Exterior Stone Fixer
- Grout, seal, clean, secure and finish stonework; bed, joint and point natural stone flooring, match finishes where possible and fix accessories (e.g. wire restraint fixings, channels) to wall slabs.
Exterior Stone Fixer
- Prepare backgrounds for load bearing support and restraint systems, insulation (e.g. membranes and fire stops), cavity trays and damp proof membranes (DPM); apply waterproof sealants to background surfaces; install and remove mechanical fixings, shims and spacers.
- Install and fix external cladding with load-bearing support and restraint systems; repair or replace defective stone cladding as required; identify and mix mortars, resins and adhesives; identify and fix suitable reinforcements and fixings; form suitable joint finishes which are sympathetic to existing building.
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Memorial Stonemason/Stone Facade Preservation
- Prepare and mix lime mortars, hydraulic and non-hydraulic limes, lime mortars with additives or lime mortars with fibres (natural or synthetic) as appropriate.
- Measure, mark out, cut, fit, mix, spread, dress, descale, point, position and secure when restoring façade surfaces; Restore in-situ units, façades and joints on flat, textured and moulded natural stone and on burnt clay, art stone and concrete.
Memorial Stonemason
- Install and secure memorial stones, ensuring that ground and surface conditions are checked and recorded, area is excavated and foundations are laid.
- Mark out, position, inscribe, ornament and finish details on memorial stones; produce and use templates for sandblasting; safely use sandblasting equipment to produce details, lettering and ornamentation; finish memorial work using gilding and hand polishing.
Stone Facade Preservation
- Prepare and mix lime mortars, hydraulic and non-hydraulic limes, lime mortars with additives or lime mortars with fibres (natural or synthetic) as appropriate.
Heritage Stonemason
- Collect records using photographic, written or digital collection methods prior to any work being carried out.
- Drill and cut stone backgrounds to receive fixings sympathetic to the existing condition of heritage masonry; safely form openings which conform to the requirements for heritage planning and buildings regulations.
- Apply conservation techniques to maintain heritage and archaeological accuracy, using heritage techniques and procedures where appropriate, with minimum intervention and minimum reversible alterations.
- Match new masonry components with existing structures and incorporate pre-prepared conservation masonry components; Finish by applying hand cut ornamentation or lettering where required.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Permanent, full-time role at the end of the apprenticeship.
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Skills
health and safety in the workplace
draw up risk assessment
solve problems
operate material handling equipment
attend to detail
work in teams
communication
architectural conservation
conservation techniques
types of stone for working
building codes
work ergonomically
transport construction supplies
inspect construction supplies
maintain work area cleanliness
regulate cutting speed
prepare stone for smoothing
secure working area
inspect stone surface
follow health and safety procedures in construction