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Bricklaying Apprenticeships usually last for two years during which time you will attend our Training Centre on a day release or full time course to obtain your Diploma, Key Skills, and Health & Safety.  If you are employed you will normally attend the Centre on a day release basis and  the remainder of the time will be spent with your employer on site.  You will follow the National Vocational Qualification (N.V.Q) Level 2 laid down by the Construction Industry Training Board (C.I.T.B) and the City & Guilds, leading to a certificate of apprenticeship.

Training Programme

Learners will gain experience and knowledge in the following Bricklaying skills

• Health & Safety
• Move and handle resources
• Prepare and mix concrete and mortar
• Measurement of quantities

Preparation of walls to include:

• Set of masonry structures
• Layout of bricks and blocks to a line
• Joint brick and block structures
• Erect masonry structures
• Erect thin joint masonry structures
• Set out and erect complex masonry structures
• Lay domestic drainage

During the apprenticeship the company, which employs you, would normally pay you a percentage of the skilled persons rate for each year of training.

Recruitment period

January to August.  Most apprenticeships commence in September of each year.

How to Apply

Application Forms are available from School, Connexions or direct from NWTC using the form at the bottom of this page.

Selection Test

• You will first attend a selection test at NWTC
• You should have or hope to gain Grade D or above in Maths, English, Science and a Technical subject.

Preliminary Interview

If you obtain the necessary grade in the Selection Test you will be invited to attend an Interview with one of our Training Officers  Some evidence of practical ability and an interest in Bricklaying would be an advanrtage.

Company Interviews

• Company Interviews are then arranged for the most suitable applicants
• Applicants chosen for employment by the company will normally start in September.