Traditional Skills

Meet Lara, who has been working as a stonemason for eight years and second year apprentice joiner Murray.

Find out how they got into stonemasonry and joinery, learn about the different types of skills required, and discover what it’s like being an apprentice.

These films were created as part of the Erasmus+ Traditional Building Skills, with partners Fife Council, Scottish Lime Centre Trust, Historic Environment Scotland, St Andrew’s RC High School, Fife College, Voss Vidaregaande Skule, Zaklad Doskonalenia Zawodowego w Toruniu.

Find out about training and skills development within the historic environment in Scotland at the Engine Shed, Scotland’s building conservation centre: engineshed.scot/learning/skills-and-training.

How to become a stonemason: pathways to traditional Scottish building skills from Rob McDougall on Vimeo.

How to become a joiner: pathways to traditional Scottish building skills from Rob McDougall on Vimeo.