Bricklayer

Bricklayer Needed

Minimum hours per week: 30 hours at least

What you'll need to succeed:

• At least 2-year relevant experience or Level 4 qualification in construction industry
• Honest, reliable, hardworking with a 'can do' attitude and willing to learn
• Attention to detail and able to see projects through to completion
• Excellent work ethic and great time management
• Passion for the industry

The role will include, but not limited to:

• Lay building materials, such as brick, structural tile, and concrete cinder, glass, gypsum, and terra cotta block to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures; Measure distance from reference points and marks guidelines on working surface to layout work
• Spread soft bed of mortar that serves as base and binder for block, using trowel
• Apply mortar to end of block and positions block in mortar bed
• Tap block with trowel to level, align, and embed in mortar, allowing specified thickness of joint
• Remove excess mortar from face of block, using trowel
• Finish mortar between brick with pointing tool or trowel
• Break bricks to fit spaces too small for whole brick, using edge of trowel or brick hammer
• Determine vertical and horizontal alignment of courses, using plumb bob, gaugeline, and level
• Fasten brick or terra cotta veneer to face of structures, with tie wires embedded in mortar between bricks, or in anchor holes in veneer brick
• May apply plaster to walls and ceiling, using trowel, to complete repair work
• May be designated according to material used as Cinder-Block Mason; Concrete-Block Mason; Terra-Cotta Mason; or work performed as Bricklayer, Maintenance
• When specialized in construction of specified structures, is designated according to specialty as Bricklayer, Sewer; Chimney Builder, Brick.

If this sounds like you, please send your resume and your work rights (whether you are a NZ citizen or a visa holder) through Job Space.