Bricklayer

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 32 to 40 hours per week
- Education: Registered Apprenticeship certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- or equivalent experience
**Work setting**:

- Construction
- Repair
- Commercial
- Institutional
**Tasks**:

- Prepare and lay bricks, concrete blocks, structural tiles or other masonry units
- Lay bricks, stone or similar materials to provide veneer facing
- 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
- Restore, clean or paint existing masonry structures
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Bricklayer Trade Certification
- Bricklayer Red Seal Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
- Fall Arrest Protection Training Course
**Security and safety**:

- Basic security clearance
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Gloves
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Reliability
- Team player
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
**Financial benefits**:

- As per collective agreement
**Long term benefits**:

- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
**Other benefits**:

- Learning/training paid by employer
- Travel insurance