MASON'S HELPER
Because Mason's Helper is non-competitive, hiring leans on your background rather than a test score: meet the requirements and apply to the agency directly.
How to apply
This title is not filled by examination — agencies appoint directly.
See every real route in, and where to apply. We don't track live vacancies.
See where to apply for this title →Where this title is used
Mason's Helper is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
Check whether an employer is a civil service jurisdiction · How local civil service works
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under direct supervision, assists a mason and develops a working knowledge of the standard tools, materials, methods, practices, occupational hazards, and safety preparations involved in masonry work; does other related work.
Examples of work
- Assists in constructing block, stone, and brick walls, manholes, chimneys, columns, partitions, and other structures.
- Builds forms, erects scaffolding, carries and mixes mortar.
- Applies wood, wire, or composition lath.
- Builds or lays simple concrete structures such as sidewalks and floors.
- In maintenance, is involved with repairing cracks, and holes in plastered walls, taping and spackling drywall, pointing block stone and brick joints, breaking out and replacing damaged sections of sidewalk, drives and walls.
- Uses trowels, mortar pans, ready mixed concrete, spackling compounds, floats, edgers and levels.
- Cleans tools and items of equipment, may work from simple sketches or work orders.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in NJ only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Ability to understand, remember and carry out oral and written explanations and demonstrations and to take needed safety precautions in performing the work.
- Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.