Level 2 Intermediate Bricklayer Apprenticeship

Knowledge:

• Awareness of health and safety and regulations within a construction site environment
• Safe systems of work: Site inductions, toolbox talks, risk assessments, method statements and hazard identification in the work area
• Principles of building: Foundations, roofs, walls, cavity step trays, floors, utilities and services, insulation, fire, moisture and air protection, damp proof courses, the use of brick ties and quality of materials
• Standards and regulations associated with bricklaying activities: British standards, building regulations and warranty provider standards
• Materials and their characteristics: Bricks and blocks, efflorescence, mortar, damp proof courses (DPC), wall ties, plasticisers, concrete and steel lintels, Rolled Steel Joist (RSJ), fire stopping, insulation, cement and building sand
• Modern methods of construction: Rapid build technology, precast components, corner profiles, alternative frame and cladding systems, masonry support systems
• Methods of interpreting and extracting relevant information from drawings and specifications
• Basic principles of digital design and modelling systems.

Skills:

• 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.

This course is ideal if you have an interest in working on a building site with building components. Especially for people with a positive and mature attitude, effective communication skills. You need to be a self-motivated learner with a focus on quality.

• Develop a portfolio of evidence
• Assessments in the workplace
• To complete your apprenticeship, you will have to pass an end point assessment

• Health and safety hazards, current regulations
• The principles of high-quality customer service
• How to Communicate in a clear, articulate and appropriate manner.

• Interpret drawings and specifications
• Ensure thermal qualities, airtightness and ventilation are maintained
• Repair and renew masonry structures.

Essential equipment required for classroom activities and assessments:

• Scientific calculator, pencils, coloured pencils, Black ink pens, ruler, maths set, rubber, coloured highlighters, A4 project book, A4 leaver arch folder, narrow post-it index
• Bib and brace overall
• Safety boots
• Safety specs (clear)
• Gloves relevant to trade

After successful completion of this course, you could progress to a career within the bricklaying industry or progress to a higher-level qualification such as the Level 3 Craft Bricklayer apprenticeship.

Level 2 apprenticeship - Maths and English GCSE grade 3-9 (or equivalent) required

There are two ways become an apprentice at Northampton College:

1. If you have secured employment with the view of becoming an apprentice, or if you are already employed and would like to join an Apprenticeship programme, please get in touch with us on 01604 734323 or email business.centre@northamptoncollege.ac.uk to register your interest.
2. If you don?t have a job yet, you can view all our apprenticeship vacancies through the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS). Each of these job openings are with trusted employers who are looking for an apprentice to join their team. You can click the button below to look through what?s currently on offer. Once you?ve found a vacancy you?re interested in, you will be taken to the National Apprenticeship Service website to begin your application for the role. In either case, we will support both you and your employer to ensure this is the right course for you. Projects vary in size, scale, and duration, ranging from the repair of a garden wall to new build housing and large-scale commercial projects such as office blocks, hospitals and retail developments. Employers and contractors of bricklayers vary in size from small, local family building companies to major home builders and commercial contractors. Bricklayers sometimes choose to specialise in certain types of projects and go on to become masters in their field. Examples include refurbishment work, new build homes or commercial works. There is growing demand for Bricklayers to help meet the need for new homes.