Masonry Technology is a component of the construction
technology cluster that includes Carpentry/ Construction and H/C/P/E.
The three-year program prepares students for entry-level jobs in
masonry and brick and block construction. The first year covers
safety issues of basic construction, shop measurement, fundamentals
of concrete block, decorative brick and stone work and poured concrete
work. The second year builds on those skills and expands into broader
aspects of construction including the use of specific measuring
devices such as the transit, the level and related math computations
for ordering materials and construction estimating.
During the third year, students focus on the skills needed to be
a pre-apprenticeship craftsperson, entrance into the construction
unions and the financial management of a business related to masonry
and landscaping using paving materials.