Brickwork - Introduction

During this bricklaying course, you will lay mortar beds and lay both bricks and blocks a number of times, this will result in you being able to correctly lay bricks/blocks to a safe and good standard that will enable you to carry out small tasks.

Areas covered on the course include:

• A basic introduction to the tools and their uses
• Health and safety within the industry
• Learn brick bond types and usage
• Understand block types and uses
• Build and understand building corners
• Mixing mortars and additives
• Lay mortar beds for bricks and blocks
• Understand brick types and uses
• Types of jointing and finishing
• Plumb, level and range

Please be prepared to provide your residency documents such as a passport, EU citizen ID card, UK Birth Certificate or Biometric Card. If you have been in the UK for less than 3 years or have entered the UK with a visa you will need to provide evidence that you are eligible to study in the UK - your visa, your biometric card that covers the duration of your course or any relevant home office documents to support your residency should all be uploaded. If you’re an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen we will need to see evidence of 'Pre-Settled' or 'Settled-status' documents. Also for funding purposes we would need to see evidence of payslips if working (within the last 3 months). If you are receiving benefits (e.g JSA, ESA, Universal Credit (UC), Housing benefits etc. please bring evidence of this).

As this course is a taster programme it does allow you to progress to further programmes of study within this vocational area. You are also able to progress to other taster programmes to widen your skills base. Approaching employment opportunities at entry level is also an option moving forward.