Not yet! In my day to day job things are heavily dictated by engineers and architects. And when what jobs I take on the side actually require permitting and inspection I pay an engineer to go over my design and confirm I’m within regulation and the customer is required to get the appropriate permits and schedule inspections.

Masonry is kinda dying. In Canada it’s considered unskilled labour. So no certs, no training other than what you get on the job. The UK has a few different certificates depending on what country. England has a Vocational Qualification for Fixing(installation) and used to do multi-trade, Banker/Fixer(cutting/carving and installing), but have recently moved Banker to an arts bachelor. Scotland is still has a multi-trade qualification, but it’s actually really really hard to get. You need to have a quota of stones you have carved, but they need to be installed on a building. There’s also very few colleges left in Scotland that even offer a masonry course.

I guess what I’m getting at is that there’s a lot of cowboy outfits, and not many masons that do an actually good job. Fewer people are willing to get into it, and there’s more people just kinda winging it.