Bricklayer

You set out the wall from the marked line, lay the first course in mortar, check level and plumb, and carry the wall up in blocks or brick to the height on the drawing. Openings are formed with lintels set to the schedule and the reinforcement in the bed joints is placed where the drawing shows it. Scaffold is raised with the crew and checked before use, and the work area is cleared at the end of each day. The shift is 07:00-15:30, Monday to Friday, with Saturdays paid separately.

Trade school as a bricklayer or a completed trade course

At least three years of wall work on building sites

Level, plumb line and laser level used without supervision

Mixing mortar and working from a raised scaffold

Reading a floor plan with wall thickness and opening sizes

Willingness to work outdoors from March to December

Net salary from 690 up to 760 EUR per month

Permanent contract kept through the winter months

Saturday work paid separately at the higher rate

Hot meal on site every working day and coffee in the site hut

Organised transport to the site from the city centre

Paid scaffold safety training and a site first aid course

Helmet, gloves, safety shoes, harness and a winter jacket

A bricklayer who sets out walls from the drawing without help becomes a gang leader with four to six workers, and the firm trains its own site foremen.

An open site in all weather from March to December, with scaffold work above the second floor and heavy lifting of blocks. A helmet, harness, gloves and safety shoes are compulsory and supplied.