refractory bricklayer

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Work setting:

• Commercial.
• Industrial.
• Residential.

Tasks:

• 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.
• Lay radial bricks to build masonry shells of industrial chimneys.
• Line or reline furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations using refractory or acid-resistant bricks, refractory concretes, plastic refractories and other materials.

Experience:

3 years to less than 5 years.