Bricklayer Helper

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: Experience an asset
**Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- At heights
- Noisy
**Work setting**:

- Various locations
- On-site customer service
**Tasks**:

- Load, unload and transport construction materials
- Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades
- Mix, pour and spread materials
- Clean and pile salvaged materials
- Read and interpret blueprints
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Prepare and lay bricks, concrete blocks, structural tiles or other masonry units
- Perform routine maintenance work
- Operate CADD and other computer software systems
- Lay bricks, stone or similar materials to provide veneer facing
- Construct and install prefabricated masonry units
- 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
- Lay or install firebricks to line industrial chimneys and smokestacks
- Line or reline furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations using refractory or acid-resistant bricks, refractory concretes, plastic refractories and other materials
- Restore, clean or paint existing masonry structures
**Area of work experience**:

- Repair
**Construction specialization**:

- Industrial, commercial and institutional
- Residential
**Architectural specialization**:

- Renovation
- Commercial
**Area of specialization**:

- Construction
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Overtime required
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
- Accurate
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Dependability
- Hardworking
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?