Skills
Work Safely on the Job
- Perform housekeeping duties
- Follow company or worksite fire procedures
- Manually move equipment, supplies, and components
- Use and maintain personal protective equipment
- Employ simple first aid relating to illness and occupational injury
- Report injuries to supervisor or first- aid personnel
- Identify, handle, store, and use hazardous materials
Use and Maintain Trade Tools and Equipment
- Use and maintain hand tools and accessories
- Use and maintain electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic power tools
- Use and maintain measuring devices and layout equipment
Communicate in the Workplace
- Communicate orally
- Use documentation to communicate
- Use graphics to communicate
- Confirm work details with clients
- Use computers
- Use audio communication devices
- Build and maintain interpersonal relationships
- Coach and mentor co-workers
- Keep current with the trade
Plan and Organize the Job Site
- Assess job site conditions
- Verify drawings
- Resolve work stoppage issues
- Handle materials
- Store materials at the job site
- Use personnel- lifting devices and access equipment
- Dispose of materials
Prepare Job
- Interpret blueprints and specifications
- Obtain materials
- Inspect and verify materials and tools
- Set plumb, level and square lines and surfaces
Prepare Sub-Surface
- Prepare mortar and bonding materials
- Apply wire lath and scratch coat
- Apply cementitious backer unit
- Mix and apply mortar
- Apply polyethylene sheeting and wire mesh
- Install forms in structures
- Apply a sub- surface
- Install expansion and control joints
- Construct mortar walls
- Layout design and patterns
- Perform cleaning
- Install crack isolation membrane
- Patch and repair substrate areas
Install Tile
- Inspect the installation site for defects
- Fasten board units
- Check tiles for defects,
- Perform a trial layout
- Layout out the pattern
- Install waterproofing membranes
- Install crack isolation membranes
- Install tiles
- Install mosaic tiles
- Cut and drill tiles
- Mitre tiles
- Back-butter tiles
- Grout tiles
- Finish tiles
- Install surface- mounted and recessed accessories
- Protect newly installed tiles
Perform Mechanical Installation of Natural Stone on Walls
- Set up working platforms
- Inspect and repair natural stone slabs
- Confirm the layout
- Confirm the supply of mounting hardware
- Drill holes and cut slots in marble
- Install inserts in concrete
- Confirm that each slab is independently supported
- Install overhangs
- Cut out for accessories
- Set slabs of marble and granite in place manually
- Clean marble or granite surfaces
Install Natural Stone Indoors by Conventional or Stacking Method
- Drill holes in marble
- Install inserts in concrete
- Install overhangs
- Cut out holes for accessories
- Set slabs
- Finish marble or granite joints and surfaces
- Perform specialty installations
Install Natural Stone Slabs on Floors
- Visually inspect natural stone slabs
- Inspect the subfloor for defects
- Check the layout
- Apply crack isolation membranes
- Apply polyethylene film over sand
- Prepare a solid and sound surface
- Prepare a solid and sound surface
- Install expansion and control joints in underbed
- Install slab on floors
- Install pre-cast and natural stone steps
- Repair defective natural stone slabs
Install Natural Stone Countertops
- Apply blueprint information and specifications
- Calculate length and weight of countertops
- Determine transportation and storage requirements
- Assess site dimensions
- Visually inspect counter tops
- Review template for sink site
- Install countertop panels
- Grout all joints
- Repair natural stone countertops
For more information, see Ontario College of Trades Training Standards
