Stonemason

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 308653**Salary**:

- £23,971 - £26,842**Job grade**:

- Other- Band B**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HES - Operations**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- PerthAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Thank you for your interest in the post of Stonemason with Historic Environment Scotland. This post is based at our Perth Depot and is a permanent and pensionable appointment.

You will be part of one of nine Monument Conservation Units based throughout Central & West Scotland, tasked with the conservation, maintenance and presentation works at monuments within their areas including Stirling Castle, Doune Castle, St Andrews Cathedral, Dunkeld Cathedral, Arbroath Abbey and Iona Abbey

**Job description**:
The Monument Conservation Units (MCU) are based throughout Central Scotland and consist of stonemasons, joiners, painters, gardeners, labourers and apprentices of varying trades. The teams are headed by Works Managers who have direct line management responsibilities for the whole team. As a Stonemason in our Perth Depot, you will have responsibility for the on-going conservation and maintenance and preservation of masonry at Historic Environment Scotland monuments within your area which include Dunkeld Cathedral, Stanley Mills, Elcho Castle and Huntingtower Castle. You will help train and instruct apprentices in all aspects of the trade and provide information and instruction to support staff as required. You may also be asked to be involved in showing masonry skills at open days.

You will be expected to work at any location as directed by the Works Manager within the depot area - official transport is provided to and from the various sites within the Depot areas. Individuals are however expected to make their own way to the MCU Depot.

You will also be asked to travel using HES transport to other remote sites out with your depot area which may include overnight stays.

You will carry out conservation and routine maintenance works to HES monuments in the various depot areas. This involves all forms of traditional masonry including:

- Stone cutting/hewing of various architectural mouldings/stones for the Depot sites and monuments in other depot areas as required.
- Traditional building/repairs/indenting of stonework.
- Raking out and pointing defective joints and beds.
- Promote traditional methods of conservation and masonry techniques to carry out challenging and diverse conservation projects/works.
- Operate hand tools in addition to powered machinery such as disc saws, mortar mixers, compressors hoists etc to facilitate the work when trained to do so.
- The winter season may consist of work out with the normal duties associated with stonemasonry consisting of lime washing, grounds works and cobbles/slabs repair as well as general presentation works.
- Provide training and mentoring for apprentice stonemasons in traditional conservation skills when required.
- Comply with and promote HES Health and Safety Policy

From time to time you will be required to attend training courses identified to assist the work, or to comply with health and safety legislation (this may require overnight stays away from home).

**Person specification**:
You will be required to demonstrate that you meet the requirements and qualifications below as part of the selection process.

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Essential requirements:_**
- Be a time served tradesperson
- Proven knowledge of the stonemasonry trade and other traditional building crafts. In particular an understanding and knowledge of current conservation practises and techniques relating to historic buildings and monuments.
- Good understanding and practical experience of the conservation, presentation and repair of Historic Monuments and/or listed buildings.
- Good all-round understanding and practical experience of using lime mortars.

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Desirable requirements:_**
- Qualified to Advanced Craft Level
- IOSH working safely (or working towards)
- Full UK driving licence

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Qualifications & Professional Memberships:_**
- SVQ level 4 or SVQF level 6 (advanced craft) in Stonemasonry

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Specific Experience & Skills:_**
- Competent in all aspects of stone cutting, hewing practices and techniques.
- Competent in stone repair, indenting and the various practices and techniques used.
- Competent in building of stonework of both random rubble and ashlar work.

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**Benefits**:
In addition, we offer a great benefits package to our employees which includes:

- flexible working hours (where appropriate)
- special leave
- maternity/paternity leave
- adoption leave
- reimbursement for relevant professional subscriptions
- support for further education and personal development
- study leave for work related courses
- access to a learning resource centre

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