bricklayer

Overview

Languages: English

Education:

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience:

2 years to less than 3 years

On the Road:

Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work Setting:

• Construction
• Repair
• Renovation
• Willing to relocate
• Commercial
• Residential

Responsibilities:

• 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
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Cut and trim bricks and concrete blocks to specification using hand and power tools
• Instruct apprentices
• Lay bricks or other masonry units to build residential or commercial chimneys and fireplaces
• Lay radial bricks to build masonry shells of industrial chimneys
• Lay or install firebricks to line industrial chimneys and smokestacks
• Line or reline furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations using refractory or acid-resistant bricks, refractory concretes, plastic refractories and other materials
• Restore, clean or paint existing masonry structures

Additional Information:

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities:

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

Personal Suitability:

• Accurate
• Reliability
• Team player
• Dependability