About Bricklaying

Working as a Bricklayer you will bind building materials such as brick, concrete blocks and glass blocks with mortar to construct or repair walls, arches, chimneys, fireplaces and other structures working from plans and specifications.

Bricklayers can work on domestic home building projects, commercial building projects or civil construction projects

The training

To become a trade certified Bricklayer, you need to successfully complete a bricklaying apprenticeship which results in a Certificate III in Bricklaying & Blocklaying. The apprenticeship usually takes 48 months to complete.

The apprenticeship program features on the job training under the supervision of a qualified Bricklayer and off the job training at a registered training provider such as a WA TAFE college.

Skills you will learn

During the training program to become a Bricklayer, you will learn practical skills and underpinning knowledge. A training program will be created for you that will include such competencies as how to:

• Handle and prepare bricklaying and blocklaying materials

• Use bricklaying and blocklaying tools and equipment

• Carry out masonry veneer construction

• Carry out cavity brick construction

• Lay masonry walls and corners

• Lay multi-thickness walls and piers

• Install flashings and damp-proof course

• Construct masonry arches

• Construct curved walls

• Construct masonry structural systems

• Carry out setting out

• Work effectively and sustainably in the construction industry

• Plan and organise work

• Conduct workplace communication

• Carry out measurements and calculations

• Read and interpret plans and specifications

• Apply basic levelling procedures

• Erect and dismantle restricted height scaffolding

• Work safely at heights

• Apply WHS requirements, policies, and procedures in the construction industry

• Construct masonry steps and stairs

• Construct fireplaces and chimneys

• Construct decorative brickwork

• Construct battered masonry walls and piers

• Carry out tuck pointing to brickwork

• Carry out concreting to simple forms

• Place and fix reinforcement materials

• Install glass blockwork

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Career Pathway Examples for Bricklaying

Please note that programs can vary to some degree and this list is an example only.