Tile and Stone Setters

Also Called:

Tile and Marble Installer,

Tile Mechanic,

Tile Setter,

Tile Installer

What they do: Apply hard tile, stone, and comparable materials to walls, floors, ceilings, countertops, and roof decks.

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Architecture & Construction

Career Cluster

What do they typically do on the job?

  • 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.

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

Attention to Detail

Dependability

Cooperation

Achievement/Effort

Integrity

Self Control

Interests

Career interests describe the perspectives and interests of people who enjoy the type of work involved in this career.

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Artistic

Knowledge

People who want to pursue this career have knowledge in these areas.

Engineering and Technology

  • Building and construction

  • Design

Math and Science

  • Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Business

  • Customer service

Abilities

Whether you have received formal training or not, these types of abilities are helpful in this career.

Endurance

  • Exercise for a long time without getting out of breath

Hand and Finger Use

  • Hold or move items with your hands

  • Keep your arm or hand steady

Ideas and Logic

  • Notice when problems happen

  • Order or arrange things

Spatial

  • Imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed

Skills

People who want to pursue this career have skills in these areas.

Basic Skills

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

  • Talking to others

Problem Solving

  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Work Values

Work values describe how your core beliefs align with those commonly needed for this career.

Independence

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Support

Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Working Conditions

Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.

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Data for NSI career cards comes from the following: Idaho Department of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, MyNextMove, and Career OneStop