bricklayer
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work setting:
- Construction.
- Commercial.
- Residential.
Tasks:
- Prepare and lay bricks, concrete blocks, structural tiles or other masonry units.
- Lay bricks, stone or similar materials to provide veneer facing.
- 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.
- Restore, clean or paint existing masonry structures.
Security and safety:
Bondable.
Transportation/travel information:
Valid driver's licence.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Physically demanding.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability:
- Accurate.
- Client focus.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
Experience:
2 years to less than 3 years.
Financial benefits:
As per collective agreement.