Bricklayer

You lay brick and block for facades and partitions, set out from the mason's line and the level, and keep the course height to the drawing. You mix or receive the mortar, cut with the table saw, place lintels and leave the openings at the dimension the carpentry needs. At the end of the day you clean the tools, cover the fresh work in cold weather and clear your own waste to the skip. Site hours are 08:00-17:00 from Monday to Thursday and 08:00-15:00 on Friday, under the site foreman.

At least three years laying brick and block on building sites

Setting out with a line, a level and a plumb bob

Mortar mixing by proportion and by consistency

Twenty hour construction safety card, or willingness to take it in the first week

Comfortable working at height on a scaffold with a harness

Basic English for safety briefings and material labels

Residence permit valid for work in Spain

Net salary from 1450 up to 1595 EUR per month

Pay in fourteen instalments under the Madrid construction agreement

Permanent contract with social security registration from day one

Twenty hour and six hour safety training paid by the employer

Short Friday, since the site closes at 15:00

Tools, mixer and cutting equipment provided on site

Helmet, harness, gloves, glasses and safety boots provided

Bricklayers who set out a facade on their own become team leaders over three or four workers, a graded post in the construction agreement, and the firm pays for the site supervisor course.

An open building site with tubular scaffold, a materials hoist and a covered hut for changing and eating. Work goes on in cold and heat, so the firm supplies thermal and waterproof clothing as well as the standard equipment.