Brick layer

Experience required: AQF Certificate III and 2 years on-the-job experience or 3 years employment experience may substitute for the formal qualification

The Bricklayer is responsible for constructing and maintaining residences and buildings, as well as maintaining municipal residences and buildings. This includes building items such as furniture and stairs, making repairs to the internal and external structure and ensuring buildings are safe.

Job Tasks And Duties

• Studying plans and specifications to determine materials required, dimensions and installation procedures;
• Erecting and dismantling restricted height scaffolding;
• Sealing foundations with damp-resistant materials and spreading layers of mortar to serve as base and binder for blocks using trowels;
• Laying bricks in rows, designs and shapes, and spreading mortar between joints;
• Embedding blocks in mortar and removing excess mortar;
• Checking vertical and horizontal alignment;
• Cutting, shaping and polishing stones and bricks using machines and hand tools, and shaping bricks to fit irregular spaces;
• Repairing and maintaining bricks, cement blocks and related structures;
• Designing and cutting monumental masonry and lettering;
• Constructing walls using stone slabs and large masonry slab blocks;
  
  

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $79,040.00 per year

Schedule

8 hour shift