Weekend Bricklaying Courses

Welcome to Able Skills Introductory and Advanced Weekend Bricklaying Courses

Our aim at Able Skills is to make all training accessible to everyone; this is regardless of whether this is short course training or qualification training.

If you have ongoing commitments throughout the week, Able Skills also offers the Intensive and Advanced Bricklaying courses over 2 consecutive week end periods (per course). The course content remains unchanged; we condense 5 days training into your 4 days and lose none of the quality along the way.

These are hands-on, practical courses and you will be involved at every stage and will be participating throughout. It is therefore recommended you bring suitable clothing and for your own safety, steel capped footwear is essential. All tools and materials will be provided throughout your training period.

Weekend training for the Intensive Bricklaying course will cover:

•    learn how to set out building lines
•    brick and block work
•    how to ensure your walls are square and vertical
•    build a corner, a pillar, a pier and a cavity wall
•    learn the different types of bricklaying bonds eg: English Bond, Flemish Bond and Stretcher Bond
•    pointing for face work

Weekend training for the Advanced Bricklaying course will cover:

•    Building archways (segmental)
•    Swoops
•    Ornate pillars
•    Birds beak detail
•    Brick on Edge with Creasing Tile
•    Quetta Bond Walling
•    Plinth Brickwork

If you attend our bricklaying course at weekends but then decide you would like to obtain a City & Guilds qualification, we can also arrange this for you. Please visit City & Guilds 5 week Bricklaying Certificate or 7 week NVQ Bricklaying course for all of the required units and full award details.

Qualifications at Weekends

The City & Guilds Bricklaying Certificate is also available to those of you who can only train at weekends. You would need to attend for 8 weekends initially, this can sometimes be done on consecutive weekends but we always recommend a break, especially when you are working through the week.

After you have completed 8 weekends, you will need to commit to a 9 day period to complete the larger assessments which complete the award – This can be completed by starting on a Saturday and running 9 days straight to the following Sunday. Payment options are attached to this training plan.

If you have opted for the NVQ version of this award, an additional 5 weekends will be required after the 9 day block to cover the NVQ units.

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