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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join Dandara as a Bricklaying Apprentice.
This apprenticeship will provide hands-on experience working alongside experienced tradespeople on live construction sites, supporting the delivery of high-quality residential developments.
What you'll do at work
- Assist with laying bricks, blocks, and other building materials
- Learn how to interpret drawings and specifications
- Prepare and maintain tools, equipment, and work areas
- Measure and set out construction work accurately
- Mix and use mortars and other construction materials
- Support the construction of walls, foundations, and other brickwork structures
- Follow health and safety procedures at all times
- Assist with site housekeeping and maintaining a safe working environment
- Work collaboratively with site managers, supervisors, and other trades
- Attend college and complete all apprenticeship coursework and assessments
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE
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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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Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- Maths (grade 9-4)
- English (grade 9-4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Other requirements
Due to site locations, you must have a driving licence, and your own transport to get to our construction sites and to college. This role involves working outdoors in all weather conditions and can be physically demanding.
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