Bricklaying

A Norfolk MP has spent a day with local construction apprentices as part of his ongoing drive to encourage more businesses to make use of apprenticeships.

Wakefield and District Housing has taken on new apprentices in the form of two trainee electricians, a bricklayer, a joiner and a roofer, and has confirmed that it has "high hopes" for them all.

House building giant Barratt Homes has agreed to take on three new apprentices at its new development in Staffordshire.

Energy plant builders Eco2 are to take on more young apprentices to assist with the construction of the new leisure centre in Sleaford.

More than two hundred new apprentices are being sought by Persimmon Homes in light of the recovery in the housing sector.

The Construction Industry Training Board is encouraging more young people to take up apprenticeships in the construction sector.

Apprentice bricklayer wins Guild of Bricklayers title

A young bricklayer is picking up more skills – and awards – by training as a master stonemason.

Suffolk masonry products manufacturer, Lignacite, has produced what it claims to be the "world’s first carbon-negative building block”.

An apprentice bricklayer has said that his apprenticeship has given him a renewed sense of purpose and ambition.

Young bricklaying apprentice impresses at Guild of Bricklayers contest to take away first prize.

I have been in the Army for 21 years, and will be resettling in Kent next year. In 1998 I took a level 2 Bricklaying course and decided to use my resettlement allowances to retrain and refresh my Bricklaying skills, train in Tiling, plumbing and painting & Decorating. My hope is to use my new […]