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Tile & Marble Setters

Also called: Tile Setter, Tile and Marble Installer, Tile Installer, Tile Mechanic

What they do:
Apply hard tile, marble, and wood tile to walls, floors, ceilings, and roof decks.
On the job, you would:
  • Cut and shape tile to fit around obstacles and into odd spaces and corners, using hand and power cutting tools.
  • Lay and set mosaic tiles to create decorative wall, mural and floor designs.
  • Align and straighten tile using levels, squares and straightedges.

Knowledge

Engineering and Technology
  • building and construction
  • design
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Math and Science
  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Skills

Basic Skills
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Social
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions

Abilities

Hand and Finger Use
  • keep your arm or hand steady
  • hold or move items with your hands
Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • order or arrange things
Verbal
  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking
Endurance
  • exercise for a long time without getting out of breath

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include
practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Independence
  • Cooperation
  • Stress Tolerance

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Project management software
  • Aya Associates Comp-U-Floor
  • Blue Cove Technologies PlanPoint
Computer aided design CAD software
  • EasyCAD Iris 2D
  • TileGem

Education

Education: (rated 2 of 5)
some high school or
high school diploma
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Average Outlook
New job opportunities are likely in the future.
Salary
$37,080
per year, on average
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