Apprentice Bricklayer

Passionate about bricklaying and other aspects of building. The successful candidate will need to be physically fit and have plenty of stamina for this demanding role, which will involve working indoors and outdoors.

Your time as a Apprentice Bricklayer will be split between working outdoors on site with an experienced tradesperson learning from their years of expertise and, intensive block release training at the NHBC Brickwork Training Hub in Tamworth. The faster 18 months programme will leave you with the essential industry qualification. It takes time to learn the quality and skills necessary to be the best and we are looking for candidates who are willing to commit the time needed to achieve the best.

Please note travel, accomodation and meal expenses will be fully funded while at the NHBC Brickwork Training Hub in Tamworth.

• Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace

• Set out and build brickwork, including complex arches and surrounding brickwork, curved on plan, concave and convex brickwork and battered brickwork.

• Mixing mortar by hand or with a mechanical mixer

• Laying the bricks on top of each other and applying the mortar with a trowel

• Shape and trim bricks/blocks using hammers, chisels and power tools. Use of laser levels, spirit levels, optical levels and string lines to check that courses are straight, horizontally and vertically, and laid to a gauge.