Apprentice Bricklayer

Summary

Join one of the UK’s leading housebuilders and earn while you learn with a Persimmon Homes apprenticeship. Based along the M5 corridor, you’ll gain hands-on experience, nationally recognised qualifications, and real career prospects in the construction industry. This is your opportunity to build a future you can be proud of!

Wage

£15,704 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, between 8.30am to 5pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

2

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

Assist with setting out and preparing construction sites, including measuring and marking out areas
Work alongside experienced tradespeople to learn tasks such as bricklaying, groundworks, or carpentry
Follow health and safety procedures, including using personal protective equipment (PPE) and maintaining a clean, safe work environment

Where you'll work

Haywood Village
Weston Super Mare
BS24 8ES

Training

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

College or training organisation

ACCXEL 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 attend block release training at AccXel Construction School, based in Gloucestershire. Training will take place in dedicated blocks throughout the year, allowing the apprentice to focus fully on practical and theoretical learning during those periods, while gaining valuable on-site experience with Persimmon Homes between training blocks.

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
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Patience

About this company

Persimmon Homes Limited – At a Glance Who we are Established in 1972 and headquartered in York, Persimmon Homes is a subsidiary of Persimmon plc (a FTSE 100 company), operating alongside brands like Charles Church and Westbury Partnerships

https://www.persimmonhomes.com/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

After completing this apprenticeship, the apprentice could progress into a full-time skilled role with Persimmon Homes, such as a bricklayer, groundworker, or site operative, depending on their chosen trade. With experience, there are further opportunities to move into site supervision, management roles, or advanced apprenticeships in construction and the built environment.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ACCXEL LIMITED

Dean Matthews

dean.matthews@accxel.co.uk

07876315759

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000331663.

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