Bricklayer

Work setting

• Construction
• Repair
• Commercial
• Institutional

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Prepare and lay bricks, concrete blocks, structural tiles or other masonry units
• Lay bricks, stone or similar materials to provide veneer facing
• Read sketches and blueprints to calculate materials required
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Cut and trim bricks and concrete blocks to specification using hand and power tools
• Restore, clean or paint existing masonry structures

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Bricklayer Trade Certification
• Bricklayer Red Seal Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course

Additional information

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Handling heavy loads
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat
• Gloves

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Reliability
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Travel insurance