Segmental Pavers
Lay out, cut, and place segmental paving units. Includes installers of bedding and restraining materials for the paving units.
Segmental Pavers lay out, cut, and place segmental paving units. Includes installers of bedding and restraining materials for the paving units. The role shows low AI exposure (0.40 on a 0-1 scale) — the role's core work resists automation. The most in-demand skills for the role include Active Listening, Speaking, Coordination, Critical Thinking, Operation and Control.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £33,938 a year for Stonemasons and related trades (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 5312). ONS rates this estimate acceptable: it rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Craft and related trades workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only Segmental Pavers, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 7. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Mechanical
- Building and Construction
- Transportation
- Administration and Management
- Customer and Personal Service
- Public Safety and Security
- Design
- Engineering and Technology
What you'd actually do
- Prepare base for installation by removing unstable or unsuitable materials, compacting and grading the soil, draining or stabilizing weak or saturated soils and taking measures to prevent water penetration and migration of bedding sand.
- Supply and place base materials, edge restraints, bedding sand and jointing sand.
- Discuss the design with the client.
- Set pavers, aligning and spacing them correctly.
- Sweep sand into the joints and compact pavement until the joints are full.
- Screed sand level to an even thickness, and recheck sand exposed to elements, raking and rescreeding if necessary.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does Segmental Pavers do?
Lay out, cut, and place segmental paving units. Includes installers of bedding and restraining materials for the paving units.
What skills does Segmental Pavers need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include Active Listening, Speaking, Coordination, Critical Thinking, Operation and Control, Social Perceptiveness. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace Segmental Pavers?
Our AI-durability model gives Segmental Pavers a score of 0.40 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at low AI exposure — the role's core work resists current-generation automation. It's a comparatively AI-durable choice within its field.
How hard is it to enter this field?
Segmental Pavers has moderate barrier to entry — moderately gated — a bachelor's degree or equivalent training is typically required.