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Apprentice Bricklayer
Apprentice bricklayer to experience a full rounded experience of building works from the foundations to handover of a residential build.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
Requirements
- GCSE in: English, Maths (grade 4 / C and above)
- Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Responsibilities
- Brickwork duties
- Including brick laying
- Block Laying
- Sundry fittings
- Labouring duties initially, leading to full brickwork trade
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with industry regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Read and interpret information from drawings and specifications.
- Estimate and select required resources: For example, the quantity of bricks and blocks, mortar, wall ties and insulation.
- Prepare and maintain a safe working area.
- Select and use hand tools.
- Maintain and store hand tools.
- Set out brick and block cavity wall to given tolerances, including an opening.
- Construct a stretcher bond brick and block cavity wall with return and opening to given tolerances, including installing a lintel with soldiers, brick and edge sill, closure around opening, insulation, fire stopping, cavity tray, damp proof course (DPC) and weep holes.
- Apply joint finishes: For example, half round, flush, weather struck and recessed.
- Set out and construct a simple brick solid wall with capping.
- Gauge and hand mix mortar to ratio.
- Measure and cut bricks and blocks using hand tools, to given tolerances.
- Carry out a simple repair: For example, replacing damaged bricks.
- Protect materials and finished work.
- Verbally communicate with others, applying construction terminology.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion guidance.
- Applies team working principles to their own and the wider build team.
- Identifies well-being support available to self and others.
- Construct a brick wall with raking cut. For example, gable end wall or garden wall with raking cut.
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Training provider: REASEHEATH COLLEGE
Training course: Bricklayer (level 2)
Training schedule: This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
About BJ Bloor Ltd
BJ Bloor Ltd is a successful, family run construction business dedicated to the principle of quality building services, tailored to customer requirements. With a wealth of knowledge and experience in the building trade, we aim to provide the most efficient, friendly and reliable building and property maintenance services throughout Derbyshire and surrounding areas.
Our skilled management team is already based in the office and every job undertaken is assigned a dedicated project manager. Each project is monitored by Tim Bloor who will visit the sites every day and liaise with your project manager(s).
To become a qualified bricklayer.
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