Apprentice Bricklayer

TERRON CONSTRUCTION LTD

Warrington (WA4 5HJ)

Closes in 8 days (Monday 31 August 2026)

Posted on 20 August 2026

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Summary

An ideal opportunity to learn Bricklaying as an apprentice with a widely respected company throughout Cheshire. 

This apprenticeship will teach trowel skills from the first day, unlike most other apprenticeships advertised. 

Wage

£16,640 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
7.15am - 4.15pm Monday - Friday

40 hours a week

Start date

Saturday 3 October 2026

Duration

2 years

Positions available

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

  • Maintain a clean and safe work area
  • Be responsible for ordering materials
  • Carrying bricks / blocks and buckets of mortar
  • Jointing up 
  • Looking after tools
  • Laying bricks / blocks

Where you'll work

3 Pangbourne Close
Appleton
Warrington
WA4 5HJ

Training

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

Training provider

WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL 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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

It is an absolute must that the applicant is physically fit and is able to carry bricks / blocks with ease. It is a physically demanding job and the applicant should be prepared for that.

About this employer

Terron Construction Ltd is a bricklaying and general building company based in Warrington, Cheshire. It was incorporated in 2018 by Scott Terron. We work on numerous construction sites throughout the North West, specialising in new build housing. We contract for a variety of the large house builders and have developed an excellent reputation for our high standards of workmanship. Our reputation is the key to our company and we strive to continually offer the very best standards.

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, you will be able to keep progressing as a bricklayer with the plan of starting your own "gang".

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TERRON CONSTRUCTION LTD

scott

terronbuild@yahoo.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000049284.

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Closes in 8 days (Monday 31 August 2026)

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.