• Confirming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace
• Set out and build brickwork, including complex arches and surrounding brickwork, curved on plan, concave and convex brickwork and battered brickwork.
• Mixing mortar by hand or with a mechanical mixer
• Laying the bricks on top of each other and applying the mortar with a trowel
• Shape and trim bricks/blocks using hammers, chisels and power tools. Use of laser levels, spirit levels, optical levels and string lines to check that courses are straight, horizontally and vertically, and laid to a gauge.
• Operating equipment on site in a safe manner
REQUIRED SKILLS
• Able to work at heights as you will be working on top of secure scaffolding and towers
• Practical skills including working with hands tools
• Excellent communication skills , able to work in a team or on your own
REQUIRED QUALITIES
• Excellent time keeping skills with the ability to work in adverse weather conditions
• Wanting to go to a training provider and learn additional theory and practical within this trade
• Flexible approach to working on different sites
• Passionate about construction
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Maths and English grades at grade 2 (grade E+) or above or equivalent
