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Ashley Whitfield Building Contractors
Ashley Whitfield Building Contractors are a well-established and well-respected building firm covering various locations across Teesside and North Yorkshire. They are looking for a hardworking bricklaying apprentice to work alongside their growing workforce.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Assist with bricklaying tasks— mixing mortar, laying bricks and blocks, and helping build walls, foundations, and other structures under supervision
- Prepare and maintain work areas— setting up tools, cleaning equipment, and ensuring materials are ready for use
- Follow technical drawings— learning to interpret plans, measurements, and specifications accurately
- Use tools and equipment safely— including trowels, levels, mixers, and cutting tools
- Support site operations— loading and unloading materials, moving supplies, and helping other trades when required
- Maintain quality standards— ensuring work is neat, accurate, and compliant with building regulations
- Learn and apply construction skills— attending training sessions, completing coursework, and developing practical competence
- Adhere to health and safety procedures— wearing PPE, following site rules, and reporting hazards
Where you'll work
8 CHURCH LANE
SWAINBY
NORTHALLERTON
DL6 3EA
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Training provider
MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE
Training course
Bricklayer (level 2)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- 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 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.
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths & English (grade 3 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Hand Skills
- Communication
- Articulate
- Friendly
- Hardworking
- Honest
- Reliable
Other requirements
A driving licence is highly preferable. However, if the candidate can not drive, then they must be able to get to Swainsby or Stokesley for 7.30am pick-up.
Ashley Whitfield Building Contractors are a well-established and well-respected building firm covering various locations across Teesside and North Yorkshire.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
A permanent position may be available upon successful completion of the apprenticeship programme.
Contact for this apprenticeship
MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE
Reference code for this apprenticeship
VAC2000017525.
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