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Bricklaying is probably one of the most important skills in the construction industry.
Bricklayers are in high demand. Whether it be a job as big as building a house or a job as small as building a barbeque they are always kept busy.
The course is suitable for anyone, regardless of previous experience. You may want to learn the bricklaying trade as a new business venture or purely to work on your own property. You may even be a professional who needs to improve their skills. On completion of this course you will have gained the confidence and technique to work to a professional level.
- Health and Safety - good working practices
- Learning about, choosing and using the correct tools for the job
- Mixing and gauging bricklaying mortars
- Different types of bricks and the different uses for them.
- Different brick bonds used. i.e English bond, stretcher bond, flemish bond
- Trowel techniques
- How to set out and load out bricks
- Mixing and laying mortar
- Laying and levelling bricks
- Using pin and line
- Erecting a full size single skin wall and pillars
- Erecting full size cavity wall with window and door area using steal catnics
- The importance of bonding and keeping to the bond
- How to use a profile, dolly blocks, wall ties, insulation, dpc’s, a raking iron, bucket handle jointer
- Laying bricks around corners, block work and patterns
- Damp Proof Course
- Pricing up jobs
- Advertising and developing a professional image
- Advice on employment
Throughout the course you will be given your own working area and all the necessary tools. Great emphasis will be placed on laying and levelling bricks, the pointing and finishing of all work. You will be given several different projects to accomplish in order to teach you and give you experience in all the difficult aspects of bricklaying. You will work to your own speed under the supervision of a qualified tutor. Your tutor will guide you demonstrating the best place to start and how to set out your bricklaying project.
Good bricklayers are in high demand. You will leave this course with a good working knowledge of methods and techniques that will enable you to approach any job with confidence in a professional manner.
Monday to Thursday 9.30am until 3/4.30pm
OR
Saturday & Sunday on two consecutive weekends 9.30am until 3/4.30pm
This will avoid loss of earnings & disruption to the normal working week
At the beginning of the course you will receive a 5 piece tool kit
Tool kit RRP £49.99
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