Bricklayer

Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language:
English
- Hours:
30 to 40 hours per week
- Education:
Registered Apprenticeship certificate
- Experience:
1 year to less than 2 years
- or equivalent experience
**Work setting**:
- Construction
- On-site customer service
- Repair
- Renovation
- Willing to relocate
- Commercial
- Residential
**Tasks**:
- Prepare and lay bricks, concrete blocks, structural tiles or other masonry units
- Estimate materials, labour, tools and equipment
- 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
- Lay bricks or other masonry units to build residential or commercial chimneys and fireplaces
- Restore, clean or paint existing masonry structures
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:
- Bricklayer Trade Certification
- Bricklayer Red Seal Certificate
**Apprenticeship training**:
- Pre-apprenticeship training
- Level one apprenticeship training
- Level two apprenticeship training
- Level three apprenticeship training
**Security and safety**:
- Bondable
- Driver's validity licence check
**Transportation/travel information**:
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Own tools/equipment**:
- Tools
- Safety equipment/gear
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Gloves
**Personal suitability**:
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Reliability
- Team player
**Screening questions**:
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
**Workplace information**:
- On the road job
**Health benefits**:
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
**Other benefits**:
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Parking available
- Variable or compressed work week