Available at: Umlazi-V Campus
Programme Overview: This practical construction qualification prepares skilled bricklayers for the building and construction industry, focusing on traditional and modern bricklaying techniques.
Duration: 3 Years | Credits: 361 |SAQA ID: 93627
What You'll Learn
- Bricklaying techniques and patterns
- Mortar mixing and application
- Building construction principles
- Blueprint reading and interpretation
- Construction safety procedures
- Quality control and finishing techniques
- Block laying and stone work
Minimum Entry Requirements
- NQF Level 3, Grade 11 or equivalent (the college may recognise RPL against the entry requirements)
- Physical fitness for construction work
- Good hand-eye coordination
- Basic mathematical skills
Career Opportunities
- Construction companies
- Building contractors
- Self-employment/own business
- Maintenance and repair services
- Restoration projects
Certification: QCTO Occupational Certificate with trade test pathway.
Financial Aid: NSFAS funding available for qualifying students.
Knowledge Modules
- Health, Safety, Quality and Legislation
- Environment, Energy Efficiency and Ethics
- Tools, Equipment, Materials and Workshop Practice
- Drawings and Applied Sciences
- Industry Contexts
- Communication Theory
- Bricklaying, Blockwork and Masonry Theory
- Paving Theory
- Transfer Levels
Total number of credits for Knowledge Modules: 85.
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
- Lay different types of bricks using mortar to build superstructures and decorative structures
- Lay different types of stone and pre-cut stone using mortar to build superstructures and decorative structures
- Lay different types of blocks using mortar to build superstructures and decorative structures
- Lay paving and other structures
- Conduct finishing operation
- Undertake quality testing and assurance activities
- Conduct housekeeping and waste removal activities
Total number of credits for Practical Skill Modules: 136.
Work Experience Modules (Superstructures)
- Planning and preparation processes for bricklaying, work area, material, tools and equipment within the construction environment
- Brick laying processes to construct, repair and/or make alterations to superstructures
- Finishing operations and processes to construct or repair superstructures
Total number of credits for Work Experience Modules: 140.<< Back |
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