Apprentice Bricklayer
ROE BRICKWORK LIMITED
MARGATE (CT9 4JA)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 22 May 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 5 May 2026
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Summary
We’re looking for a hardworking and enthusiastic Apprentice Bricklayer to join our team. This is a great opportunity to begin a career in construction while learning on the job alongside experienced professionals.
No experience is necessary, just a strong work ethic, willingness to learn, and a positive attitude.
- Wage
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£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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Travel Expenses paid
- Training course
- Bricklayer (level 2)
- Hours
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8 am - 4pm Monday to Friday.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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10
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
- Building external and internal brick and blockwork for housing and commercial projects.
- Assisting experienced bricklayers with day-to-day tasks
- Measuring and cutting material accurately
- Keeping the work area clean and safe
- Following health and safety regulations at all times
Where you'll work
ENTERPRISE ROAD
WESTWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
MARGATE
CT9 4JA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MID-KENT COLLEGE
Training course
Bricklayer (level 2)
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What you'll learn
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.
Training schedule
- College will be 2 days every other week at Mid Kent College, Maidstone
- On-site when not at college
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Work is all over kent, so will expected to work all over kent. All work is based outdoors.
About this employer
Roe Brickwork has grown in size over the last twenty years. Our reputation has also grown and has led to our business becoming one of the leading brickwork contractors in England. Every project that we work on, we are working with some of the biggest contractors in the country.
After this apprenticeship
Qualified bricklayer.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MID-KENT COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000025707.
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Closes in 16 days (Friday 22 May 2026 at 11:59pm)