Skills & competences

Description

Bricklayers and related workers lay bricks, pre-cut stones and other types of building blocks in mortar to construct and repair walls, partitions, arches and other structures.
Tasks include -
(a) laying stone, brick and similar building blocks to construct or repair walls, partitions, fireplaces and other structures such as smokestacks, furnaces, converters, kilns and ovens, piers and abutments;
(b) laying footpaths, kerbs and pavements;
(c) laying bricks or other masonry to build patios, garden walls and other decorative installations.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Block layer
- Bricklayer
- Chimney builder
- Refractory bricklayer
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Stonemason - 7113