Bricklayer
Our qualification is designed to equip you with the expertise to allow progression opportunities.
NQF Level
NQF 4
Credits
361
SAQA Nr
93627
Delivery Mode
Full time
Duration
3 YEARS
- 3 months knowledge and practicals
- 9 months work placement
- Repeats every year
Cost Amount
R 44 000
Entry Requirements
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NQF Level 3 (Grade 11)
Become a skilled Bricklayer, mastering the essential trade of laying bricks, stones, and building blocks, and constructing, repairing, and altering walls, piers, and arches. This programme goes beyond basics, promoting energy efficiency in construction. Whether starting out or specialising in paving, block work, or substructures, this qualification caters to your aspirations. As a qualified artisan, you’ll command higher rates or explore entrepreneurial ventures. Your valuable skills will be recognised and appreciated, opening doors to a fulfilling career in bricklaying.
What will be included in our costs?
PPE • Standard Toolbox • Trade Test • Workplace Monitoring
What this qualification consists of
Knowledge
modules
- Health, safety, quality and legislation.
- Environment, energy efficiency and ethics tools, equipment, materials, and workshop practice.
- Drawings and applied sciences.
- Communication theory.
- Industry contexts.
- Bricklaying, blockwork and masonry theory.
- Paving theory.
- Transfer levels.
- Lay different types of bricks using mortar.
Practical skills
modules
- Conduct preparatory activities, repair and / or alternation work to structures using bricks (face and plaster), stone (natural and pre – cut) and block including the building of substructures.
Lay different types of:
- Stone and pre – cut stone as well as blocks using mortar to build substructures and decorative structures.
- Lay paving and other structures.
- Conduct finishing operations.
- Undertake quality testing and assurance activities.
- Conduct housekeeping and waste removal activities.
Workplace experiences
modules
1. Superstructures:
- Plan and prepare for bricklaying, including work area, materials, tools, and equipment.
- Construct, repair, or alter superstructures with bricklaying processes.
- Perform finishing operations to complete or repair superstructures.
2. Substructures:
- Plan and prepare for bricklaying, including work area, materials,
tools, and equipment. - Construct, repair, or alter substructures with bricklaying processes.
- Perform finishing operations to complete or repair substructures.
3. Paving and other structures:
- Plan and prepare for bricklaying, including work area, materials, tools, and equipment.
- Construct, repair, or alter paving and other structures with bricklaying processes.
- Perform finishing operations to complete or repair superstructures.
The future is Artisan
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