This 2 evenings a week Bricklaying Course is designed to develop your skills and knowledge, preparing you to start work as a trainee bricklayer in the construction industry. You'll have opportunities to visit active building and construction sites, gaining real-world insights. Throughout the course, you'll study more complex house and wall construction, brick bonds, construction materials, bricklaying tools, their care and use, building regulations, health and safety, and construction principles and science. This comprehensive training ensures you gain the practical experience and theoretical knowledge needed to excel in the bricklaying profession.

What you will study
- Health, safety and welfare in construction
- Principles of building construction, information and communication
- Producing thin joint masonry and masonry cladding
- Building solid walling, isolated and attached piers
- Interpreting working drawings to set out masonty structures
- Construct cavity walling forming masonry structures
Entry Requirements
You must:
- Be over 19
- Have 4 GCSEs at grade 9-3 (A*-D), (English and maths desirable) OR
- Have a Level 1 qualification (Merit or Distinction) in a related subject
Assessment
- A range of practical workshop tasks
- External test from the City & Guilds throughout the year
Moving Forward

Employment within the construction industry
Delivery

This course is taught on Monday and Wednesdays at 5.30pm-8.30pm

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