Bricklayer

You lay clay block and aerated concrete for load bearing and partition walls, set out from the drawing with a line, a level and a laser, and keep the courses plumb and to the marked opening sizes. The day includes mixing and spreading mortar, cutting blocks on the saw, building in lintels, and helping the crew move the scaffold. Deliveries are checked on arrival. Work is 07:00 to 15:30 from Monday to Friday under the site foreman.

Vocational school in construction or an equivalent masonry course

At least two years of load bearing masonry on building sites

Setting out with a line, a spirit level, a plumb bob and a rotating laser

Confident with a mixer, a block saw and a scaffold that others erected

Able to read a floor plan and a section, including opening dimensions

Fit for outdoor work through the Slovenian winter, with paid weather stoppages

English at A2 for site instructions and safety briefings

Net salary from 1230 up to 1370 EUR per month

Permanent contract after a three month trial period

Meal allowance and a separate travel allowance to the site

Paid stoppage when the weather stops work on site

Help with registration, the residence permit and accommodation

Transport from the depot to sites outside the city in company vans

Helmet, high visibility jacket, gloves and safety boots provided

Bricklayers who take responsibility for setting out and for a small crew become gang leaders on their own section, and the firm promotes its site foremen from that group.

Open building sites with scaffolding, tower crane lifts and shared welfare cabins. A helmet, a high visibility jacket, gloves and safety boots are worn at all times, and harnesses are issued for work at the edge.