The City and Guilds Level 2 Bricklaying course is a practical qualification that is primarily aimed at those students who would like to pursue a career within the construction industry as a bricklayer. The course will continue to build upon knowledge gained at Level 1 and will further explore the role of a bricklayer. You will continue to develop and improve your practical skills and will be introduced to more complex and difficult skills and techniques including brick and block walling, arch work and pointing and setting out of buildings. Visits to construction sites will widen your knowledge of the construction industry.
This is a one-year full time course and it is designed for students who have achieved the Level 1 Bricklaying qualification and who therefore already have some basic knowledge of bricklaying. The aim of the course is to develop and widen the practical skills and knowledge required in order to become an employable bricklayer.
You can expect to study the following units :
- Principles of building (examination)
- Health and Safety Information (examination)
- Building solid walling, isolated and attached piers
- Interpreting working drawings to set out masonry structures
- Construct cavity walling forming masonry structures
- Producing thin joint masonry and masonry cladding
If you have not achieved GCSE grade 4 or above in English, you will study an additional English course. If you have not achieved GCSE grade 4 or above in Maths, you will study an additional Maths course
There are two online examinations that must be completed by students with practical assessments completed within a portfolio.
