What does it mean to be a bricklayer/blocklayer?
A bricklayer/blocklayer may perform the following tasks: • Work from plans and specifications • Follow occupational health and safety requirements, relevant the Building Code of Australia and Australian Standards • Seal foundations with damp-resistant materials • Spread layers of mortar to serve as a base and binder for bricks, remove excess mortar, and check vertical and horizontal alignment • Use various tools and brick-cutting machines to cut and shape bricks • Construct arches and ornamental brickwork • Repair and maintain clay bricks, cement blocks/bricks and related structures • Erect scaffolding (subject to licence requirements in some states) • Concreting. A small number of bricklayers/blocklayers may specialise in refractory work, where they build and line kilns and industrial furnaces; or in the repair of brickwork damaged by salt or damp. Bricklayers/blocklayers work outdoors and may have to work at heights or in tunnels and shafts. They usually work in teams. Bricklayers/bl
