Venues

Dumfries Campus

Content

This course will provide you with the skills and attitudes that will help you in achieving progression to becoming an apprentice bricklayer. As well as learning mainly practical skills and a small amount of theory in bricklaying you will also learn other necessary transferable essential skills that employers value such as health and safety, working with others, problem-solving, basic numeracy, communications, and Information Communications Technology (ICT).

Examples of practical elements of this course that you will cover are:

Half brick walling with return corners; One brick walling with stopped ends; Block walling; Cavity walling; Constructing simple arches and decorative brickwork.

Entry Requirements

1 subject at National 5 plus 3 at National 4, or 5 subjects at National 4, including English, Maths or a science subject. Interview and pre-entry test.

Progression Routes

Bricklaying at SCQF level 6 craft apprenticeship. Employment within the industry at this stage would be necessary.