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O*NET detailed work activityCut tile, stone, or other masonry materials
Stays humanHands-on work
9 jobs14 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Cut materials, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 14 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Cut materials to specified sizes for installation, using power saws or tile cutters.
- Cut and shape tile to fit around obstacles and into odd spaces and corners, using hand and power cutting tools.
- Break or cut bricks, tiles, or blocks to size, using trowel edge, hammer, or power saw.
- Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
- Cut paving stones to size and for edges, using a splitter and a masonry saw.
- Cut fixture or border tiles to size, using keyhole saws, and insert them into surrounding frameworks.
- Cut and install vinyl composition tile or vinyl base.
- Scribe and cut edges of tile to fit walls where wall molding is not specified.
- Cut slabs of stone into sheets that will be used for floors or counters.
- Operate machines that clean or cut expansion joints in concrete or asphalt and that rout out cracks in pavement.
- Cut grooves along outlines, using chisels.
- Repair cracked or chipped areas of stone or marble, using blowtorch and mastic, and remove rough or defective spots from concrete, using power grinder or chisel and hammer.