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Occupational Certificate: Bricklayer

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ABOUT THIS PROGRAMME

The purpose of this qualification is to prepare students to operate as a bricklayer.

Bricklayers lay bricks, natural and pre-cut stone and other types of building blocks in mortar and other bonding agents to construct, repair and/or make alterations to walls, piers, arches and other structures.

Minimum Admission requirements

NQF Level 1 with Mathematics and Science.

CAREER opportunities

This qualification could articulate with qualifications to be developed within the building industry related to the following occupations:

Construction Foreman
Carpenter
Glazier
Building Insulation Installer
Bricklayer Trainer

Duration

This is a 3-year programme. Students rotate between time spent at College and time spent in the industry.

Course content

Knowledge Modules

Industry Contexts, NQF Level 3
Communication Theory,
NQF Level 3
Health, Safety, Quality and Legislation, NQF Level 3
Environment, Energy Efficiency and Ethics, NQF Level 4
Tools, Equipment, Materials and Workshop Practice, NQF Level 3
Drawings and Applied Sciences, NQF Level 4
Bricklaying, Blockwork and Masonry Theory, NQF Level 4
Paving Theory, NQF Level 4
Transfer Levels, NQF Level 4

Practical Skill Modules

Conduct preparatory activities, repair and/or alteration work to structures using bricks (face and plaster), stone (natural and pre-cut) and block including the building of substructures, NQF Level 3
Lay different types of bricks using mortar to build superstructures and decorative structures,
NQF Level 3
Lay different types of stone and pre-cut stone using mortar to build superstructures and decorative structures, NQF Level 3
Lay different types of blocks using mortar to build superstructures and decorative structures,
NQF Level 3
Lay paving and other structures, NQF Level 3
Conduct finishing operation,
NQF Level 2
Undertake quality testing and assurance activities, NQF Level 3
Conduct housekeeping and waste removal activities, NQF Level 2
Transfer Levels, NQF Level 4

Work Experience Modules

Context 1: Superstructures:

Planning and preparation processes for bricklaying, work area, material, tools and equipment within the construction environment, NQF Level 4
Bricklaying processes to construct, repair and/or make alterations to superstructures, NQF Level 4
Finishing operations and processes to construct or repair superstructures, NQF Level 4

Context 2: Substructures:

Planning and preparation processes for bricklaying, work area, material, tools and equipment within the construction environment, NQF Level 4
Bricklaying processes to construct, repair and/or make alterations to substructures, NQF Level 4
Finishing operations and processes to construct or repair superstructures, NQF Level 4

Context 3: Paving and other structures:

Planning and preparation to construct, repair and/or make alterations to paving and other structures, NQF Level 4
Finishing operations and processes to construct or repair superstructures, NQF Level 4