bricklayer

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

Work Setting

• Construction

Work Location

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and lay bricks, concrete blocks, structural tiles or other masonry units
• Lay bricks, stone or similar materials to provide veneer facing
• Construct and install prefabricated masonry units
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Cut and trim bricks and concrete blocks to specification using hand and power tools
• Instruct apprentices
• Lay bricks or other masonry units to build residential or commercial chimneys and fireplaces
• Lay radial bricks to build masonry shells of industrial chimneys
• Lay or install firebricks to line industrial chimneys and smokestacks
• Line or reline furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations using refractory or acid-resistant bricks, refractory concretes, plastic refractories and other materials

Additional Information

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Handling heavy loads
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal Suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Reliability
• Team player