5 Day Bricklaying Course

This short course is for anybody looking to improve their DIY skills or add another string to their construction skill set. During the 5 days you will learn how to:

• Understand different materials and bonds
• Hand, power tools and equipment used in bricklaying
• Demonstrate planning, organising and setting out a work area
• Build half brick and full brick walls, 90^0 return corners, and attached piers
• Build block walls with 90^0 return corners
• Build cavity walls including ties and damp proof course
• Demonstrate producing neat and tidy cuts to bricks
• Pointing and finishing

If you are in the Armed Forces, you are able to use your SLC or IRTC towards the cost of the course.