Bricklaying Apprentice
LEVEL BUILDERS LTD
Derby, Derbyshire
Closes in 24 days (Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 July 2025
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Summary
Offering to work on small - large projects for clients and Level Builders' own developments. You will get to work with a great team working on newbuilds, extensions, and renovations. Works across Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire, so you must have access to your own vehicle to travel to work sites.
- Wage
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£15,704 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
7:30am- 3:30pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
The role will include but is not limited to:
- Blockwork
- Brickwork
- Mixing
- Groundworks
Our team works across Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire so you must have access to your own vehicle to travel to work sites.
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- 66 Balmoral Road, Borrowash, Derby, DE72 3FZ
- Leicestershire, Notthinghamshire and, Derbyshire, DE72 3FZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LEICESTER 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
You will attend Leicester College Freemen's Park Campus on a block release every 5-6 weeks
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 2)
- Maths (grade 2)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Our team works across Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire so you must have access to your own vehicle to travel to work sites.
About this employer
Level Builders is a construction company based in Leicestershire, offering services to clients in the surrounding areas including Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Primarily specialising in New Builds, but also offering extensions, renovations, loft & garage conversions. Level Builders are here to raise the level of workmanship and experience you get from your local construction company.
After this apprenticeship
- Qualified Bricklayer
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LEICESTER COLLEGE
Devina Fergus
defergus@leicestercollege.ac.uk
07795331688
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333114.
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Closes in 24 days (Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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