Apprentice Bricklayer
Minster Brickwork Ltd
YORK (YO23 1JN)
Closes in 15 days (Wednesday 30 September 2026)
Posted on 15 September 2026
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Summary
Are you looking for a practical, hands on career with excellent long term earning potential? This could be the perfect fit for you. We are looking for a motivated hard working apprentice bricklayer to join our team.
It’s a fantastic opportunity to earn while you learn working with highly skilled tradespeople.
- Wage
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£16,640 to £26,436.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Bricklayer (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8am-4pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 6 October 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
As an apprentice, you will gradually take on more responsibility as your skills develop. Your day-to-day duties will include:
- Learning to mix mortar and prepare work areas safely.
- Assisting with setting out, measuring, and cutting bricks and blocks.
- Laying bricks, blocks, and stone to construct foundations, walls, and decorative structures.
- Learning to read and interpret construction drawings and blueprints.
- Maintaining a clean, tidy, and safe working environment on-site.
Where you'll work
8 CHARLTON STREET
YORK
YO23 1JN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
YORK 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
Off-the-job training will take place at York College on a block release basis and the remainder of the training will be in the workplace
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 3)
- Maths (grade 3)
- one other subject (grade 3)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Punctual
- Reliable
Other requirements
We welcome applications from candidates living within a 1 hour commute of the workplace.
About this employer
Minster Brickwork Ltd is a domestic building construction company based in York, established in 2025.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Upon completion of the apprenticeship, there may be the opportunity for a permanent position.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
YORK COLLEGE
apprenticeships@yorkcollege.ac.uk
01904 770368
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000052638.
Apply now
Closes in 15 days (Wednesday 30 September 2026)
After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.