Bricklaying Apprenticeship
CALLAN CONSTRUCTION LTD
London (SW4 8EP)
Closes in 14 days (Friday 18 April 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 21 March 2025
Contents
Summary
We are looking to recruit a Bricklaying Apprentice to join our company. You will learn the most modern methods of construction, codes of practice and safe working practices along with the principles of high-quality customer service.
- Wage
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£17,550 a year
- Training course
- Bricklayer (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, between 8.00am - 4.00pm with 30 minutes lunch break.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 28 April 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
You will be:
- Working as part of a team (gang) of bricklayers
- Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace
- General Labouring, tidying of site and tool and equipment fetching
- Mixing and turning mortar, loading boards
- Moving, stacking and passing bricks
- Laying of bricks and blocks
- Reporting any problems
Where you’ll work
Clapham Park
Allingham Road, Off Kings Avenue
London
SW4 8EP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NEW CITY COLLEGE
Your training course
Bricklayer (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
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.
- 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.
Your training plan
- Level 2 Bricklayer Apprenticeship - Standard
- Skills, Knowledge and Behaviours
- Functional Skills if required
- Day release to attend New City College, Falkirk Street, Hackney N1 6HQ
More training information
Please note that the Registered Office for Callan Construction is:
- Unit 66, Hallmark Trading Estate, Fourth Way, Wembley HA9 0LB
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade GCSE Grade 3 or above (A*-D))
- Maths (grade GCSE Grade 3 or above (A*-D))
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Good attention to detail
- Good timekeeping
- Ambition to progress
- Have a "Can Do" attitude
- Able to take instructions
- Able to work as part of a team
Other requirements
Must have a good level of fitness as you will be moving around all day. If successful you would need to obtain a CSCS card. Please Note: Preference will be given to applicants that live within the London Borough of Lambeth.
About this company
We are a Limited Company established in 2005 and have evolved to become one of the leading Brickwork Contractors within London, UK and Ireland. We are a proactive company with a bright future. Safety, Teamwork, Integrity and Excellence are at the root of all we do.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship and the needs of the company at that time, there could be the opportunity to progress through the company to Site Supervisor level
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEW CITY COLLEGE
Sarah Clayton
sarah.clayton@ncclondon.ac.uk
01708 462887
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000311060.
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Closes in 14 days (Friday 18 April 2025 at 11:59pm)
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