Environment
Installing flooring, tile, and marble is physically demanding, with workers spending much of their time reaching, bending, and kneeling. Those in commercial settings may work evenings and weekends.
Apply hard tile, stone, and comparable materials to walls, floors, ceilings, countertops, and roof decks.
Tile and Stone Setters
About this Career Path
Apply hard tile, stone, and comparable materials to walls, floors, ceilings, countertops, and roof decks.
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Installing flooring, tile, and marble is physically demanding, with workers spending much of their time reaching, bending, and kneeling. Those in commercial settings may work evenings and weekends.
Salary Breakdown
Tile and Stone Setters
$53,330
AVERAGE ANNUALLY
$30,070
ENTRY LEVEL
$47,810
MID LEVEL
$78,370
EXPERT LEVEL
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Tile and Stone Setters
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Top Expected Tasks
Tile and Stone Setters
Align and straighten tile using levels, squares, and straightedges.
Finish and dress the joints and wipe excess grout from between tiles, using damp sponge.
Cut and shape tile to fit around obstacles and into odd spaces and corners, using hand and power cutting tools.
Determine and implement the best layout to achieve a desired pattern.
Mix, apply, and spread plaster, concrete, mortar, cement, mastic, glue or other adhesives to form a bed for the tiles, using brush, trowel and screed.
Study blueprints and examine surface to be covered to determine amount of material needed.
Measure and mark surfaces to be tiled, following blueprints.
Lay and set mosaic tiles to create decorative wall, mural, and floor designs.
Apply mortar to tile back, position the tile, and press or tap with trowel handle to affix tile to base.
Mix and apply mortar or cement to edges and ends of drain tiles to seal halves and joints.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Tile and Stone Setters
KNOWLEDGE
Building and Construction
KNOWLEDGE
Mathematics
KNOWLEDGE
Customer and Personal Service
KNOWLEDGE
Design
KNOWLEDGE
Administration and Management
SKILL
Active Listening
SKILL
Complex Problem Solving
SKILL
Coordination
SKILL
Critical Thinking
SKILL
Mathematics
ABILITY
Visualization
ABILITY
Near Vision
ABILITY
Extent Flexibility
ABILITY
Problem Sensitivity
ABILITY
Trunk Strength
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Tile and Stone Setters