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Read sketches and blueprints to calculate materials required
Cut and trim bricks and concrete blocks to specification using hand and power tools
Prepare and lay bricks, concrete blocks, stone, structural tiles and similar materials to construct or repair walls, foundations and other structures in residential, industrial and commercial construction
Lay bricks or other masonry units to build residential or commercial chimneys and fireplaces
May restore, clean or paint existing masonry structures.
Lay or install firebricks to line industrial chimneys and smokestacks
Line or reline furnaces, kilns, boilers and similar installations using refractory or acid-resistant bricks, refractory concretes, plastic refractories and other materials
Lay bricks, stone or similar materials to provide veneer facing to walls or other surfaces
Construct and install prefabricated masonry units
Lay bricks or other masonry units to build patios, garden walls and other decorative installations
Lay radial bricks to build masonry shells of industrial chimneys
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Continuous learning
Additional Skills
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and specifications
- Prepare tenders and quotations
- Instruct apprentices
- Estimate materials, labour, tools and equipment
Type of Work Establishment / Work Setting Experience
- Residential
- Industrial
- Civil (roads, bridges, etc.)
Area Of Specialization
- Stone masonry
- Refractory repair
- Prefabricated brickwork and masonry
- Load bearing structural walls
- Foundation walls
- Archwork and decorative masonry
Major Work Area
- Renovation
- Repair
- Construction