It took me about 5 minutes to lay this block. Don Gerardo can do about 100 and an hour I think, if they're all in a row and there's nothing tricky. Apparently on some projects workers get paid per block but this is unusual probably done to save money. On our project they are paid per hour, probably minimum wage (about $2/hour) for the least skilled jobs and hopefully more than that for Gerardo who is managing things when the constructor is not around.
The tricky thing about the block is that it needs to be level back to front as well as left to right, and not just level but the right level - not too high or low - the same height as the others on the row. The guys working on our house really seemed to care that each block they laid was in the right position. It's easy to imagine some workers not caring too much and people ending up with wonky houses.
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