OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE
Bricklayer (Level 4)
What you should know
The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as a Bricklayer.
Requirements
NQF Level 3 / Grade 11 or older / Minimum age of 16
Duration & Credits
• 3 Years
• Number of credits: 361
Career Opportunities
• Bricklayer
• Construction Worker
• Construction Foreman
• Bricklayer Trainer
• Renovations
• Self-employed
• Building Institutes
• Paving
Campus
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A qualified student can
- Understand the theories and principles of environmental sustainability requirements
- Concepts and theory of energy efficiency and ethics
- Understand tools, equipment and workshop practice
- Interpret and use drawings and applied sciences
- Understand the theory of bricklaying, masonry and block work
- Understand the theory of paving and working in concrete
- Understand the principles for setting out and transfer of levels
Structure of the qualification
Knowledge & Practical Modules
On campus in a classroom setting and in practical simulation rooms.
Assessments
• Internal Assessment: Conducted during training using practical tasks and theoretical evaluations.
• External Assessment: Critical skills and knowledge may be assessed externally, especially for certification purposes.
• External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA) which is a Trade Test after 3 years.
Workplace-based Modules
In a real-life work environment gaining experience and recording the experience and evidence in a workplace logbook.
Certification
• The College will issue a Statement of Results which will give the student access into the Trade Test.
• When the student is recognised as achieving the various aspects of the qualification, and passed the Trade Test, the QCTO will then issue the student with the relevant qualification.