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Bricklaying
Bricklaying
Campus(es): NBCC Woodstock Campus
506-325-4400

Duration:The requirements for this certificate may be achieved within one-half academic year of full-time study.
Starts:2010
Program Description

Bricklaying is a trade that appeals to individuals who like building and seeing projects take shape. If you like working with your hands with precision tools, and have an eye for line, colour and proportion, then you could be a bricklayer and fill the need for this skilled trade in the growing construction industry in New Brunswick!

As a bricklayer, you get to see progress every day. To succeed, you need to be physically fit, enjoy working hard for the satisfaction of a completed project, and you should also like working outdoors, because that is where most projects begin.

Working in the residential or commercial construction industry, you could be: laying bricks, stone or similar materials, or building residential/commercial chimneys and fireplaces, patios, walls or walkways; laying firebricks to line industrial chimneys and smokestacks; cutting and trimming bricks using hand and power tools; lining or relining furnaces and boilers using acid-resistant bricks; restoring, cleaning or painting existing brick structures; reading and interpreting sketches and blueprints, and much more.

It sure takes building blocks to a new level! Sound appealing? Consider a career in bricklaying at NBCC Woodstock Campus.

Admission Requirements Profile A
  • High School Diploma or Adult High School Diploma or GED Diploma of High School Equivalency
Career Possibilities

Upon the successful completion of this training, you will have the necessary skills and knowledge to obtain employment as apprentices with residential and commercial building companies.

We offer you the knowledge, skills and experience to become a Bricklayer or Mason.

This is a compulsory occupation in New Brunswick. New entrants into this occupation must register as an apprentice with the Apprenticeship and Certification Branch of the New Brunswick Department of Post-secondary Education, Training and Labour.

NOC Codes

7281 - Bricklayers
7282 - Concrete Finishers
7283 - Tilesetters

What You Will Learn
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • WHMIS
  • First Aid
  • Introduction to the National Building Code (NBC)
  • Hand Tools
  • Power Tools and Equipment
  • Anchors, Ties and Joint Reinforcement
  • Rigging and Scaffolding
  • Clay Masonry Units
  • Concrete Masonry Units
  • Blueprint Reading
  • Mortars, Grouting and Parging
  • Pointing and Repairing Existing Masonry
  • Constructing Various Walls
  • Industry Practicum
Specific Considerations

Physical strength and agility are required to work under the conditions established on construction sites.