Bricklaying Apprentice Level 2

Summary

Offering a bricklaying Apprenticeship. The applicant should apply if they want a long fruitful career in the chosen trade of bricklaying.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course

Bricklayer (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm, shifts.

30 hours a week

Start date

Sunday 10 August 2025

Duration

2 years 3 months

Positions available

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

Measuring and marking out work areas to ensure accurate construction
Mixing mortar by hand or using a cement mixer
Selecting and preparing bricks or blocks
Ensuring materials are on hand and staged for efficient workflow
Spreading mortar evenly and laying bricks or blocks in line and level

Where you'll work

12 WESTLEIGH WAY
PLYMOUTH
PL9 7FZ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

GREENLIGHT TRAINING LIMITED

Your 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.

Your training plan

The Apprentice will learn on-site with the employer and spend 4 days in college learning every month.

Requirements

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

Communication skills
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Team working
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

This job is very physically demanding.

About this company

At S&D Builders, we’re proud to be a trusted name in construction across Exeter and the surrounding areas. With years of hands-on experience, we’ve built a strong reputation for delivering high-quality workmanship, reliable service, and honest advice—no matter the size or scope of the project. We specialise in all aspects of building work, from home extensions and renovations to new builds and general maintenance. Our team is fully qualified, highly skilled, and committed to completing every job to the highest standard, on time and within budget.

After this apprenticeship

Self employed Sub-Contractor
Full-time employee
Start your own business

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

GREENLIGHT TRAINING LIMITED

Alice

learning@greenlightsc.co.uk

01752 604713

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325745.

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Closes in 27 days (Friday 11 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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