Course overview
This apprenticeship provides the skills and underpinning knowledge for bricklaying and includes a final assessment at the end of the apprenticeship which includes both a knowledge and practical skills test.
You will develop knowledge and skills in:
Reading and interpreting information from drawings and specifications
Estimation and selection of resources, such as bricks and blocks, mortar, wall ties and insulation
Select and use hand tools
Maintenance and storage of hand tools
Setting out brick and block cavity wall to given tolerances, including an opening
Construction of 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
Application of joint finishes such as half round, flush, weather struck and recessed
Setting out and constructing a simple brick solid wall with capping
Gauging and hand mixing mortar to ratio
Measuring and cutting of bricks and blocks to given tolerances
Carry out a simple repairs such as replacing damaged bricks
Protect materials and finished work
Verbal communication skills with others, applying construction terminology
Following equity, diversity, and inclusion guidance
Application of team working principles to their own and the wider build team
Identifies well-being support available to self and others
Construction of a brick wall with raking cut (for example, gable end wall or garden wall with raking cut)
Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance
Preparation and maintenance of a safe working area
Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance
Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal
Course information
If not already achieved, the apprentice will have to achieve Level 1 English and maths and take the test for level 2 prior to taking their end-point assessment.
PPE to be supplied by employer
