bricklayer

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

• or equivalent experience

• Prepare and lay bricks, concrete blocks, structural tiles or other masonry units

• Lay bricks, stone or similar materials to provide veneer facing

• Construct and install prefabricated masonry units

• 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

• 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

• Cut, shape and fit materials to form parts and components

• Lay and set mosaic tiles to create decorative wall, mural and floor designs

• Physically demanding