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Cataleg D ocupacions capçalera
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Catalogue of occupations
Ocupacions
Stonemason
Architectural stone mason Architectural stonemason Artisanal stone mason Artisanal stonemason Banker mason Building mason Craft mason Craft stonemason Fixer mason Heritage stone mason Heritage stonemason Mason Memorial mason Memorial stonemason Stone carver Stone cutter Stone finisher Stone mason Stone setter Stonemason Stoneworker Structural stoneworker Tombstone carver
Stonemasons manually carve and assemble stone for construction purposes. While cnc operated carving equipment is the industry standard, artisanal carving for ornamental stone is still done manually.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Driving wedges into quarried stone to break it into slabs or blocks;
(b) Selecting and grading slabs and blocks of granite, marble, and other stone;
(c) Cutting, shaping and finishing building and monumental stone such as granite or marble using hand tools or hand-held power tools;
(d) Making patterns and marking shapes on stone for subsequent sawing, planing, drilling and other dressing and cutting operations;
(e) Cutting and carving characters, figures or designs on stone blocks used for monuments or memorials;
(f) Setting stone in the erection of monuments and memorials;
(g) Repairing and replacing stonework on old buildings, churches and monuments.
Knowledge
- Building and civil engineering
Digital competencies
- Working in teams
- Smoothing surfaces of objects or equipment
- Complying with health and safety procedures
- Advising on products and services
- Cleaning interior and exterior of buildings
Digital competencies
- Analysing and evaluating information and data
- Using digital tools to control machinery
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
- Supporting others
- Collaborating in teams and networks
- Taking a proactive approach
- Communicating
Professional groups of the occupation
Professionals
Science and engineering professionals
Architects, planners, surveyors and designers
Landscape architects
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Landscape architects
4
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
5,33%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
-33,33% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
100,00%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
,00%
Part-time contracts
1,33% Turnover index
15
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
-8%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Science and engineering professionals
59%
41%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Science and engineering professionals
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Architects, planners, surveyors and designers
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Landscape architects
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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