Bricklaying Skills Test

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  • Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
  • Skills tests are an industry assessment of occupational competence taken by apprentices who wish to practice in their relevant craft. They demonstrate that apprentices have the level of competence and productivity expected by the industry.

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  • @aussie8114
    @aussie8114 2 роки тому +6

    I got apprentice of the year when I was at trade school. My dad also got state apprentice of the year back in his day. He was a great brickie.

  • @MrAlwaysBlue
    @MrAlwaysBlue 6 років тому +5

    I admire anyone who can do that. I do occasional terrible brick work in my garden for things like patio retaining walls.

  • @Enochthegreat71
    @Enochthegreat71 3 роки тому +5

    Pick a trade and stick at it don,t try learning everything it takes years for it all to come together and right in whatever trade you choose.

    • @aussie8114
      @aussie8114 2 роки тому +1

      I disagree. Initially yes but branching out and becoming a multi skilled tradesman opens up many more job opportunities and greatly relieves the monotony of laying bricks every day.

  • @tylerlee3256
    @tylerlee3256 3 роки тому +2

    Good to see theyre teaching about hard hats too, wouldnt be without 1 especially when your on the top lift with fuck all above you.

  • @DavidThomas-fb8bq
    @DavidThomas-fb8bq Рік тому +1

    I wish I could have done this years ago. I did do short course at ableskills in Kent, but it was over a few weekends and I wasn't really that good . But I gave it a try though. There was no test at the end and I paid out my own pocket, mainly through curiosity. I'm near retirement age now. If I had to learn something, I'd start with a small shed or something

  • @hondacr250hrc4
    @hondacr250hrc4 6 років тому +17

    I'm my own boss I always pass

  • @iuminouswhite6566
    @iuminouswhite6566 9 років тому +6

    wow skills test was alot harder in my day. Had do do a two skin cornered cavity wall with gable end and soldier course, detached pier (same), and a racking Shaw corner which i lost one point on 32/33 dammit !

  • @danieltheteacher
    @danieltheteacher 10 років тому

    Are there schools like this in the USA?

  • @Eyebthe1
    @Eyebthe1 4 роки тому +2

    Let me know when you get to the part about Bricklaying. I don't need no bait and switch schooling tyvm.

  • @russelljbriscoe
    @russelljbriscoe 6 років тому

    So I will be able to work anywhere in the world will I ?

  • @immeohmyoh
    @immeohmyoh 5 років тому +8

    lol an exam for laying brick! what'll they think of next. 1st they came for the lawyers, then they came for the bricklayers, then one day, there was no one left to license. be careful my friends. society is ending!

  • @willritchie50
    @willritchie50 10 років тому +4

    I've seen so many H&S no-no's in this video that I don't feel confident in your ability to train competent individuals.

  • @PaddleDogC5
    @PaddleDogC5 7 років тому +15

    who is running that school with a cut in the middle of the wall.

    • @mrtoptenatten
      @mrtoptenatten 4 роки тому +3

      Probably an EASTERN EUROPEAN

    • @MrOitoyboy
      @MrOitoyboy 4 роки тому +2

      I think you’ll find that the model is set out so there is a cut in the wall on purpose. And obviously you’d put the cut under the window as is standard procedure when building a house. But you already knew that didn’t you... 😂😂

    • @tw8633
      @tw8633 2 роки тому

      Lol. What a load of bollocks. You know nothing about bricklaying. Never would you put a half in a wall. NEVER! And CITB would never encourage this. It's very simple. The bond on one corner needs reversing. He's set out incorrectly and failed this part of the exam. A half in a wall? For Christmas sake.

    • @PaddleDogC5
      @PaddleDogC5 2 роки тому

      @@MrOitoyboy you cut out a cut under the window but you put 7" pieces nobody notices. Even 4 or 5 in one course.

  • @esteventravasso8511
    @esteventravasso8511 6 місяців тому

    How to get that test booklet .. any link

  • @gary24752
    @gary24752 Рік тому

    I wonder if they deconstructed a few courses to see how well the head and bed joints were filled.

  • @flaviopereira8494
    @flaviopereira8494 6 років тому

    very simmilar to the tests in switzerland, here is the link for a vid that is showing a "swiss bricklayer" test in sursee switzerland.

  • @markchamberlain5693
    @markchamberlain5693 6 років тому +1

    I remember when trades were respected in the same way here in the states, now just run across the border and say your a tradesman.

    • @tommywestwood3176
      @tommywestwood3176 6 років тому

      Mark Chamberlain wrong you literally need a qualification to do it now

  • @asevr4455
    @asevr4455 Рік тому

    Can someone without a school or a course to apply for the test? i have green card i want to apply for the blue one

  • @antenehmisikir5917
    @antenehmisikir5917 9 років тому

    I have interested with how to use masonry tools and eqiupments

  • @1889michaelcraig
    @1889michaelcraig 5 років тому

    We need this in the US. There are to many ppl who can lay brick but are not masons

    • @toecutter1015
      @toecutter1015 8 місяців тому

      You got that right Most of Americans have No idea what a mason is. I know because I am one

  • @emersonsmith0085
    @emersonsmith0085 9 років тому +1

    cool video, makes me want to work in construction,,,

    • @PaddleDogC5
      @PaddleDogC5 2 роки тому

      Till you're laying brick at 15°F

  • @hughsupersonic8856
    @hughsupersonic8856 7 років тому +2

    Hi there, I am a Freemason and I am about to embark on a bricklaying apprenticeship, kind of goes hand in hand

    • @bombaclut7458
      @bombaclut7458 7 років тому

      Hugh Supersonic ?????

    • @johnparinellojr.2035
      @johnparinellojr.2035 4 роки тому

      Best of luck to ya, at the time I type this you should be a second yr apprentice. I just hope they didn’t stick you on the saw all day for those two years.

  • @christophirelad9636
    @christophirelad9636 Рік тому

    I've seen a piece of timber used as a level, cavity wall claim on a single skin wall,

  • @emersonsmith0085
    @emersonsmith0085 9 років тому

    how does he make the window part ,??? with out the brick falling down??

    • @CooCuMbEr
      @CooCuMbEr 9 років тому

      stewart hughes a lintle (not sure of spelling)

    • @emersonsmith0085
      @emersonsmith0085 9 років тому

      Andrew Bobbin cool, thanks for the info!

    • @michelelanni9205
      @michelelanni9205 5 років тому

      Magic of the elves

  • @russelljbriscoe
    @russelljbriscoe 6 років тому +10

    Money making scheme.....

  • @user-lp3uu9ir4h
    @user-lp3uu9ir4h 8 місяців тому

    I learnt Bricklaying while on her majesty’s Service so as to get me out of my Cell and got a B+ and then became the Orderley

  • @samprice7810
    @samprice7810 8 років тому

    is the test hard or easy

    • @gbwildlifeuk8269
      @gbwildlifeuk8269 5 років тому

      You decide you've seen what they have to do. Hard for some, easy for others depending on your understanding and if youre capable

  • @Under-dogGamer
    @Under-dogGamer 6 років тому +2

    Did he put a half bat in wall under window.This can happen a's the window frame can turn a half bond to a broken bond and you would have to use a bat cut. This happens with reveals quite a lot from what ive seen but i am just a improver so not 100%.His work looked good to me.Pluss he is learning give him a break people.Ive seen a lot worse from so called experienced brickys.

  • @ukbusinesslistingsandnews8539
    @ukbusinesslistingsandnews8539 9 років тому +1

    doing the test on camera - stressful

  • @tico5126
    @tico5126 8 років тому +2

    frogs down lol. Not sure about that clip in the wall.

  • @unknown11215
    @unknown11215 2 роки тому

    Cool

  • @user-lp3uu9ir4h
    @user-lp3uu9ir4h 8 місяців тому

    Don’t become a Brickie Become a Chippie

  • @K008DXR
    @K008DXR 4 роки тому +1

    Couldn't believe he was putting a boat level on all the bricks in the cill!! It if looks good to the eye then that's good enough.love people like that.not!!!!

  • @scrumpyj07
    @scrumpyj07 10 років тому +13

    Stop hitting the damn level :)

    • @benkimber8285
      @benkimber8285 6 років тому +2

      I hit my level everyday lol

    • @Under-dogGamer
      @Under-dogGamer 6 років тому

      Yup that true lol.

    • @leebutler6038
      @leebutler6038 5 років тому

      Scrumpy Jack
      Lol I’m a brickie and when at college fucking hell if u hit the level and the teacher saw or heard my god you knew it.
      Stop hitting that bastard level lol.
      Also always had a good laugh too.
      Some times we had a mortar fight.
      And always some lads slower then others go ask for the long weight LOL good old days

    • @Fromupnorth46
      @Fromupnorth46 5 років тому

      L F so you think wife beating and hitting women is acceptable? Pathetic excuse for a male.

    • @anthonymclean9743
      @anthonymclean9743 5 років тому

      @@Fromupnorth46 Yea especially when the woman hits the man first , women want equal rights so sometimes they get equal rights. .

  • @SnedzTheBricklayer
    @SnedzTheBricklayer 6 років тому +1

    Really??? thats it??? this is what stands between me and a blue cscs card?? XD

  • @user-bs2zo7sw1y
    @user-bs2zo7sw1y 8 років тому

    wish i could do it perfectly that process

  • @rossb269
    @rossb269 10 років тому

    How do u go abt gettin ur advanced craft for bricklayin

    • @jamiebenwells2890
      @jamiebenwells2890 8 років тому +5

      Spell the course correctly would be a start

    • @gbwildlifeuk8269
      @gbwildlifeuk8269 5 років тому

      Apply at a college. Anything above level 2 has to be done on site so you to be employed. If youre over 19 you have to pay yourself, maybe get a lian as uni students have to.

    • @gbwildlifeuk8269
      @gbwildlifeuk8269 5 років тому

      @@jamiebenwells2890 an arrogant smart arse like you should know, theres no requirement to spell correctly or have good grammar in any vocational qualification. (Assuming YOU have one). The certificate is for bricklaying, not english grammar. That would be a GCSE, O or A level, all academic qualifications.

  • @tdbsnr
    @tdbsnr 6 років тому +1

    Eh??? I thought it was frogs down, to save mortar.

    • @liamoliamo
      @liamoliamo 3 роки тому

      Nope... Frog up for structural strength

    • @goodie54321ag
      @goodie54321ag 3 роки тому

      No it can be either bricks used to have two frogs frog down is easier to adjust without brick rolling 40+ years experience ok

    • @aussie8114
      @aussie8114 2 роки тому

      @@goodie54321ag It’s frog up 🐸

  • @williampeckham9838
    @williampeckham9838 5 років тому +3

    When your finished your work who takes it down again

  • @MrAlwaysBlue
    @MrAlwaysBlue 6 років тому

    Its always puzzles me why standard bricks are so small relative to the structures that they create. If a brick was twice the size, maybe the work would be less, maybe not half the time, but still less time however?

    • @akmw44
      @akmw44 5 років тому +1

      Thats called a breeze block.

    • @goodie54321ag
      @goodie54321ag 3 роки тому +2

      It's about manufacturing that's why wall tiles aren't 4ft sq you would have breakage and tolerance issues

    • @MrAlwaysBlue
      @MrAlwaysBlue 3 роки тому

      @@goodie54321ag Thanks

    • @aussie8114
      @aussie8114 2 роки тому +2

      In my country about 20 years ago they introduced a clay brick that was about 25% bigger. We used them on a couple of houses. For whatever reason after a few years they stopped making them. A downside for the brickies was the builder expected to pay the same per thou price for the laying. Maybe that’s why they stopped making them because the brickies were not interested in being paid the same piece rate yet having to handle bigger bricks with bigger upright joint surface area.

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    @alisharif1997 Рік тому

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  • @PaddleDogC5
    @PaddleDogC5 9 років тому +6

    6" cut in wall? You failed the test and the trade.

    • @chapmanikov4
      @chapmanikov4 7 років тому +2

      PaddleDogC5 it's actually designed in to the test!

    • @kierenboimufc5940
      @kierenboimufc5940 5 років тому

      Put 3/4 under a window I’d ok

    • @jameslawlor7377
      @jameslawlor7377 4 роки тому +1

      @@kierenboimufc5940 trust me 😂😂 it's the perps that threw him or the setting out

    • @kierenboimufc5940
      @kierenboimufc5940 4 роки тому

      James Lawlor yeah noticed how the reveals he’s starting to wonder from half bond

    • @PaddleDogC5
      @PaddleDogC5 2 роки тому

      @@chapmanikov4 yeah by IDIOTS

  • @dackins2100
    @dackins2100 9 років тому +2

    Bricklayers UK join on Face book cheers

  • @neckarsulme
    @neckarsulme 5 років тому

    I flunked this test badly

  • @nojus5534
    @nojus5534 6 років тому

    Looks hard :/

  • @Frenchwine15
    @Frenchwine15 6 років тому +3

    If this is how the CTBI trains our young apprentice then there is no wonder the standard of brickwork in Britain is so bad please get some new teachers.

    • @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111
      @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111 4 роки тому +1

      British brickies are saught after in various european countries, spain and germany for example hire brickies in from england lol, and in australia there are many companies specifically advertising in the UK for our brickies to go over and work there... British brickies are world renound for being quality bricklayers... so where the fuck you got that opinion i dunno lol.

  • @emersonsmith0085
    @emersonsmith0085 9 років тому +3

    i did a brick laying course, but i still dont think all the details are necessary as after u can plaster the wall... so most of the imperfection will not be noticed...

    • @CooCuMbEr
      @CooCuMbEr 9 років тому +4

      stewart hughes what about the external wall? thats not plastered

    • @emersonsmith0085
      @emersonsmith0085 9 років тому

      Andrew Bobbin indeed..

    • @Smkie__
      @Smkie__ 8 років тому +1

      +Andrew Bobbin that would be rendering Andrew :)

    • @ciceromarcustullius5981
      @ciceromarcustullius5981 8 років тому

      +JCBAirmaster73 bang on the money mate

    • @albertbatfinder5240
      @albertbatfinder5240 3 роки тому +2

      Michangelo carved elaborate details on the backs of statues when the backs of those statues would never ever be seen by the public. Do it right, not to a standard you can get away with.

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  • @bigears4426
    @bigears4426 5 років тому

    Work in any country in the world bullshit , some states are different to each other regarding qualifications in australia

  • @vencent8329
    @vencent8329 6 років тому

    noob just need a train

  • @Benzknees
    @Benzknees 5 років тому +1

    “Craftsperson” instead of craftsman, and wearing a hi-vis jacket inside a test centre. That says it all about the PC BS you can expect. And the “skills test” is a total joke. A DIYer could master simple jobs like that in a weekend or two. How about testing them on different bonds, decorative details, arches & centring, curved walls, gable pikes, historic details like narrow joints in lime mortar, etc.. And perhaps the use of brick acid cleaner given how much mortar has been left on the brick faces.

    • @cheshstyles
      @cheshstyles 5 років тому +1

      Chill

    • @Benzknees
      @Benzknees 5 років тому

      rzl dzl - Come down to site and try managing progress of the job, when brickwork has to be taken down and redone, time after time, because the bricklayers lack the skills and experience needed to do a proper job.
      Or come down to a housing estate a few years after construction, when walls are crumbling and stained with mortar and excessive efflorescence due to inadequate bricklaying practices.
      This real and serious problem only exists because people have the irresponsible can’t be ar*** ‘chill’ attitude to life. How ‘chill’ would it be if a defectively built wall falls onto a child?

    • @cheshstyles
      @cheshstyles 5 років тому +3

      @@Benzknees I'm a career Mason my friend. I do manage new guys. The owner of the company I work for puts them with me. Because I'm chill, and can bring them along ;) have a great Sunday sir

    • @Benzknees
      @Benzknees 5 років тому +1

      rzl dzl - Okay, well that’s good, if you can pass on your experience and patience to them and check they’re not making any mistakes. But I’m just relating my own decades of experience of seeing way too many examples of sub-standard work, which is in no small part due to poor training and a lack of supervision. So it annoys me to see tradesmen (or should that be tradespersons) being presented as qualified after completing a college course.

  • @garthkelly4813
    @garthkelly4813 5 років тому

    who the fuk is teaching them? 🤤

  • @josephmckenna3977
    @josephmckenna3977 4 роки тому

    City crap

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    @alisharif1997 11 місяців тому

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