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Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
Help brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, or tile and marble setters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Mix mortar, plaster, and grout, manually or using machines, according to standard formulas.Mostly human for now
- 02Cut materials to specified sizes for installation, using power saws or tile cutters.Mostly human for now
- 03Erect scaffolding or other installation structures.Mostly human for now
- 04Locate and supply materials to masons for installation, following drawings or numbered sequences.Mostly human for now
- 05Clean installation surfaces, equipment, tools, work sites, or storage areas, using water, chemical solutions, oxygen lances, or polishing machines.Mostly human for now
- 06Apply grout between joints of bricks or tiles, using grouting trowels.Mostly human for now
- 07Modify material moving, mixing, grouting, grinding, polishing, or cleaning procedures, according to installation or material requirements.Mostly human for now
- 08Remove damaged tile, brick, or mortar, and clean or prepare surfaces, using pliers, hammers, chisels, drills, wire brushes, or metal wire anchors.Mostly human for now
- 09Remove excess grout or residue from tile or brick joints, using sponges or trowels.Mostly human for now
- 10Arrange or store materials, machines, tools, or equipment.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
0%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 18% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 95% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Mix mortar, plaster, and grout, manually or using machines, according to standard formulas.
- Cut materials to specified sizes for installation, using power saws or tile cutters.
- Erect scaffolding or other installation structures.