Bricklaying Apprenticeship
C.G. FRY AND SON LIMITED
Dorset (DT2 9AW)
Closes on Friday 14 August 2026
Posted on 19 June 2026
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Summary
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Bricklaying Apprentice to join our growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is eager to begin or further develop a long-term career in the construction industry. Working alongside experienced and skilled professionals, you will gain practical, hands-on experience.
- Wage
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£17,680 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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National Minimum Wage for apprentices + 5%
- Training course
- Bricklayer (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday inclusive, likely to be working between 07:30 and 16:30
42 hours 30 minutes 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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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
- Assisting with the preparation of building sites, materials, tools and equipment
- Learning how to lay bricks, blocks and other building materials to construct walls, foundations and other structures
- Measuring, setting out and interpreting drawings and specifications
- Mixing mortar and ensuring materials are used safely and efficiently
- Maintaining a clean, safe and organised working environment in line with health and safety regulations
- Working as part of a construction team to complete projects to a high standard
Where you'll work
Litton Cheney
Dorchester
Dorset
DT2 9AW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
YEOVIL COLLEGE
Training course
Bricklayer (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
- Bricklayer Level 2
- Practical on-site training with your employer
- Off-the-job training delivered by the training provider/college
- Regular reviews and support from your assessor and workplace mentor
- Functional Skills in English and maths (if required, depending on your existing qualifications)
More training information
- The role is based across West Dorset and South Somerset, with travel to various properties and work locations required
- Due to the nature of the role and the locations of some properties, it is preferred that applicants hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own transport
- Applicants should be practical, reliable, willing to learn, and able to work independently as well as part of a team
- This role involves a variety of indoor and outdoor work and may require manual handling and the use of access equipment under supervision
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 9 – 4 / A* - C)
- Maths (grade 9 – 4 / A* - C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
We are specifically looking for the apprentice to be mobile (own transport) with the ability to travel to sites within our operating area (South & West Dorset & Purbecks/South Somerset even potentially East Devon).
About this employer
CG Fry & Son are a leading regional construction firm specialising in housing development and contracting and operate across the south-west. The Development team is renowned for its exceptional attention to detail, high quality design and unprecedented desire to leave behind a product and a legacy that the company, its landowner partners and local residents can be proud of for generations to come. The Contracting team work with a variety of private clients, businesses and architects to help deliver an exemplary product to their exacting requirements.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Potential opportunity of a long-term career with the company for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
YEOVIL COLLEGE
Pippa Rumbles
studentrecruitment@yeovil.ac.uk
01935845561
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000038111.
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Closes on Friday 14 August 2026