NQF Level

NQF 4

Credits

361

SAQA Nr

93627

Delivery Mode

Full time

Duration

3 YEARS

  • 3 months Knowledge and Practical
  • 9 months Workplace
  • Repeats Every Year

Entry Requirements

  • 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

Where can I get this qualification?

Newcastle
George Centurion Pofadder Online
George Online
Cape Town Gqeberha Roodepoort
Germiston
Meyerton Rustenburg
Ferndale
George

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 Experience
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.
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