Rock Splitters, Quarry

People in this career often have talent in:

• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Static Strength - The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
• Trunk Strength - The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Cut tile, stone, or other masonry materials.
• Examine physical characteristics of natural stone or stone products.
• Operate detonation equipment.
• Break up rock, asphalt, or concrete.
• Drill holes in earth or rock.

• Direct construction or extraction personnel.
• Mark reference points on construction materials.

• Construction Laborers

• Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters

• Roustabouts, Oil and Gas

• Fallers

• Machine Feeders and Offbearers

• Helpers--Production Workers

• Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons

• Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining

• Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

• Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand