Bricklayer

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
1 to less than 7 months

• • or equivalent experience

Major Work Area

• • Renovation
  • Construction

Work Setting

• • Residential
  • Institutional
  • Industrial
  • Commercial

Specific Skills

• • Prepare and lay bricks, concrete blocks, structural tiles or other masonry units
  • Lay bricks, stone or similar materials to provide veneer facing
  • Construct and install prefabricated masonry units
  • Build patios, garden walls and other decorative installations
  • Read sketches and blueprints to calculate materials required
  • Cut and trim bricks and concrete blocks to specification using hand and power tools
  • Lay bricks or other masonry units to build residential or commercial chimneys and fireplaces
  • Line or reline furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations using refractory or acid-resistant bricks, refractory concretes, plastic refractories and other materials

Security and Safety

• • Bondable

Own Tools/Equipment

• • Safety equipment/gear
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Hard hat
  • Gloves

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal Suitability

• Accurate
• Team player
• Reliability

$37 an hour