Apprentice Bricklayer Barratt Redrow PLC - BDW North Thames
Salary: £15,311.40 a year
Training & Qualifications
During your apprenticeship, you will be expected to complete the Barratt Training Manual along with your site and college work within agreed time limits and standards. You will need to be consistent at gathering quality work-based evidence, work with your colleagues to learn and develop your trade skills and communicate politely with lecturers, customers and colleagues. Our programme will commence in September. We welcome applicants who live within a 45-minute public transport commute from our site locations, or one hour by their own transport. The locations can be found below.
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Team working
- Physical fitness
Things to Consider
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates who are: Good with their hands Have a good all round education Good working in a team Happy to work outside in all weathers Have a willingness to learn and study Have plenty of energy Have initiative and commitment
What You'll Do
Launch your career as a Apprentice Bricklayer Barratt Redrow PLC - BDW North Thames with Barratt Redrow PLC in the UK. Earn while you learn with hands-on training and a nationally recognised qualification.As an apprentice, you'll work at a company and gets hands-on experience. You'll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you'll do at work:
You'll learn both on-the-job and during intensive residential training weeks at college. All accommodation, travel and subsistence are paid for during the block weeks, and you'll start off with three weeks in college, returning home each weekend. This will prepare you to fully contribute as soon as you get on-site.
You will then return to college approximately every 20 weeks, for a two-week block of intensive training, where you'll be learning all the time. At the end of your intermediate apprenticeship, you'll have more experience and valuable job skills, plus a nationally recognised apprenticeship qualification, but that is just the beginning!
- Safely use and maintain hand tools
- Safely use and maintain portable hand tools
- safely use and maintain other equipment
- Health and safety to include Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, Manual Handling and Working at Height Regulations, use of PPE, etc.
- Understand the principles of high-quality customer service and communication to enable you to gain and keep a valued reputation in the industry with clients, collegues and industry representatives such as suppliers and manufacturers
- Understand the different types of construction methods, insulation considerations, sustainability, fire, moisture and air protection, damp proof courses and the use of brick ties
- Set out and build brick and block work, including cavity walling with returns and openings to required specifications and tolerances
- Construct a brick wall with a raking cut
- Select appropriate tools, equipment and materials(e.g. trowel, levels, brick ties, DPC, insualtion, mixers , lintels etc) for use when setting out and erecting masonary walling. Maintain a clean working environment
- Work in a team to achieve personal and team goals, including considering the wider build team
- You will also produce a portfolio of evidence demonstrating examples of your work throughout the apprenticeship
About the Employer
We've been nationally recognised as a 5 Star housebuilder since 2010 for suppluying high-quality homes for all generations. Thats more than any other major housebuilder. Its because we combine the brightest minds, the latest technology, and a genuine commitment to putting customers first. We want the best people in the industry to help us shape the future of building. We have tailored opportunities for apprentices, graduates, experienced professionals and ex- Armed Forces personel to come and help us stay one step ahead, and build the homes that Britain needs. Barratt adopts a hybrid way of working which assumes that where roles allow, our office-based colleagues divide their time between working in the office, on our construction sites and sales offices, and working form home, as the role dictates. We recognise the many benefits that an effective hybrid working culture brings to the Company and our colleagues. We are building an organsiation where anyone with drive and talent can purs
Future Prospects
On completion of this apprenticeship, the apprentice will have satisfied the requirements to obtain a Construction Skills Certificate Scheme (CSCS) Card at the appropriate level Apprentices wil progress to a wide range of employment opportunities in the workplace Self-employment or starting a business may also be an option Candiates may also progress on to higher-level qualifications
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