Pearl River Community College Brick, Block and Stonemasonry Program . All rights reserved.
Masons work with brick, concrete and glass block, tiles, terra cotta, and stone.
This course gives the student training in brick and block laying, masonry construction, masonry mathematics and estimating, blueprint reading and estimating, advanced block laying, advanced brick laying, and chimney and fireplace construction. At the end of this one year vocational course, the student can expect to find a lucrative job in the commercial, industrial, or residential masonry construction field. The Brick, Block and Stonemasonry program is taught by Porter Soley . Soley has been in the masonry business for almost 30 years, starting his career at Pearl River Community College as a student in the masonry program in 1970. His experience includes commercial, industrial and residential masonry.