Vacancy overview

Apprenticeship summary

What you will do in your working day

• To lay bricks and blocks or utilise pre-manufactured elements to construct walling
• To carry out simple setting out, prepare and use mortar to complete the project to specifications and required design
• To learn how to use a trowel to lay bricks and blocks and mortar
• To use levels and plumb lines to check wall alignment and use hammers, chisels, power tools and brick cutting machines to shape and trim bricks and blocks
• To gain a thorough understanding of masonry walling and the construction industry

The training you will be getting

• Level 2 Bricklayer Apprenticeship Standard
• Functional Skills English & maths (if required)
• Block release at Building Crafts College, based at Kennard Rd, London E15 1AH 

Working week

Site Hours 0730-1630 Monday to Friday dependent on age, with one week per month in college. College hours will be dictated by the college but will be no longer than site hours. 30mins unpaid lunch break. 42.5hrs or 40hrs per week dependent on age

Total hours per week: 40

The training you will be getting

Level 2 Bricklayer Apprenticeship Standard

Functional Skills English & maths (if required)

Block release at Building Crafts College, based at Kennard Rd, London E15 1AH 

What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship

After the Apprenticeship you will have qualified as a Bricklayer, and work in this trade in all manners of projects, types and locations. You will have further opportunities to progress in your career to setting out engineer and management if the desire and aptitude so takes you.