Bricklaying Apprentice
JONATHAN STONE
Saltash (PL12 6JL)
Closes in 16 days (Sunday 20 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 4 July 2025
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Summary
Offering a level 2 apprenticeship in bricklaying. You should apply if you're looking for a long, fruitful career in the chosen trade of bricklaying
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Bricklayer (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, shifts,
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 1 August 2025
- Duration
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2 years 3 months
- 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
- Interpreting technical drawings and building plans.
- Understanding measurements and layout requirements for construction.
- Mixing mortar manually or using a cement mixer.
- Laying bricks, blocks, or stone in the correct position.
- Ensuring rows are level, plumb, and properly aligned using a spirit level or laser.
Where you'll work
4 Fore Street
Saltash
PL12 6JL
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 training will take place on-site with the employers, and you will spend 4 days a month training at the college with the Training Provider. You'll be working towards a Level 2 Bricklayer apprenticeship, including any necessary Functional Skills.
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
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
this will involve working outdoors or lifting heavy objects
About this company
At J S Bricklayers, we pride ourselves on delivering high-quality brickwork and masonry services across Saltash and the surrounding areas. With years of hands-on experience, our skilled team is known for its reliability, attention to detail, and commitment to craftsmanship on every job no matter the size.
After this apprenticeship
- Become a self-employed Sub-contractor
- Become 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 VAC1000329828.
Apply now
Closes in 16 days (Sunday 20 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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