Apprentices – Bricklaying, Your Future Freedom!
Take on a bricklaying apprenticeship and discover a hands-on satisfaction like no other.
Australian apprenticeships are not all the same and bricklaying is no exception. If you enjoy being outdoors, like working with your hands and love seeing the end results of your work – becoming a qualified bricklayer could be just for you.
Just like other Australian apprenticeships, you’ll earn good apprentice wages while working towards your trade certificate qualification. After that, the sky’s the limit! You can become your own boss, hire other bricklayers as part of your own bricklaying gang – and even progress further, with a successful career in the building and construction industry.
That’s just a glimpse of the possibilities available to you. For more information on Australian apprenticeships in bricklaying, or about becoming a qualified bricklayer, explore our website.
For state specific information on bricklaying apprenticeships use the blue State Apprenticeships menu located at the top of the page.
Blog Articles
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Global Skills Challenge in Newcastle confirms Australian Bricklaying is Again on World Stage
When people think of what you can construct in bricks they think of BBQ’s, new homes, high rise buildings and even garden walls. But the guys competing in WorldSkills’ Global Skills Challenge (GSC) are taking it to an all new level of intricacy in training for WorldSkills International in October this year.
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Career Reflections of an Irish Brickie who landed at ABBTF
Our NSW-ACT Regional Manager, Brendan Coyle has an interesting story on his own career path through bricklaying. It’s one chock-full of learnings on navigating a path from successful skilled bricklayer to a Regional Manager at ABBTF, where he’s responsible for reducing the skills shortage of qualified bricklayers in his region.
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SE Qld added to State’s ‘Back to Work’ is good for Bricklayer training.
Excellent news for Southeast Queensland brick and blocklayers wanting to take on a new apprentice, with the State Government now including this Region in its valuable ‘Back to Work’ Package, effective July 1 this year.
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New WorkCover Qld Discount on Insurance for Bricklayer with an Apprentice
Queensland Bricklayers with apprentices will shortly receive a new and ongoing discount on WorkCover accident insurance policy renewals. Apprentices’ wages will henceforth be excluded from the calculation used to determine the mandatory employer’s annual insurance cost for the business.
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3.3% Minimum Wage Rise Effective July 2017
The Fair Work Commission has released its annual review of the Minimum National Wage with a flow-on to the pay rate for apprentices, effective from the first pay period in July 2017. The increase is 3.3% across the board for all Year levels of apprentice bricklayer and represents a lift in weekly rates by $22.20 on the minimum wage.
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Is Bad Weather a Paid or Unpaid Stand Down?
Employers would be aware that the Modern Award under which Bricklayers and Apprentices are paid is the Building and Construction Award [MA000020]. For the purpose of clarifying what is ‘fair work’, the Award defines bad weather that might result in the need for a stand down as ‘Inclement weather’. Such weather nearly always necessitates a paid stand down…
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Crushing the Myths which can lead to underpaying young workers
Young workers can be vulnerable, so this year the Fair Work Ombudsman is placing high importance on educating employees and business on the myths that are contributing to a concerning number of young Australian workers being underpaid.
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China Proves a Valuable Training Experience for Trystan
I was recently able to arrange a WorldSkills International training experience in China for Australia’s Bricklaying entrant in the world event in Abu Dhabi October, Trystan Sammut. The Chinese competition’s primary purpose was to assist that country in selecting its competitor for the world stage. I cannot stress how valuable this event proved to be as a training opportunity for Trystan.
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Quick thinking Apprentice Brickie applies CPR, saving another tradie’s life
You never know when you’re going to be put to the test: To have to decide to take responsibility and be accountable in an unpredictable but clearly life-endangered situation needing fast action.
As our apprenticeships industry body, ABBTF is very proud of 17 year old, second year bricklaying apprentice Kyuss Smith, of Gary Pollack Bricklaying, Orange NSW, for stepping up and acting when he did on April 21. He saved a life through his quick thinking and speed when another tradie fell down, and as Kyuss explains was ‘fitting and frothing at the mouth and his eyes rolling back in his head’.
