A Bricklaying worker can progress to technician level and then after to construction management.
It’s unfortunate that the novice homesteader will often make the assumption that bricklaying is easy.
Bricklaying is a highly skilled trade that can take many years to truly master.
The main reason for DIY bricklaying is to save on costs.
The art to bricklaying is to use bricks with clean faces and to plumb and level in a straight line from end to end.
Bricklaying: The laying of rectangular pieces of baked clay called bricks one after another, layer upon layer until a desired height is reached. A composition of lime and sand called mortar is spread between each layer which hardens and bonds the bricks together to form a solid mass.
In its own right, bricklaying is a separate trade from paving, drainage and ground works.
The standard of bricklaying must be sound as it is literally the foundation on which everything else is built.
In Germany bricklaying is considered to be one of the traditional trades.
As well as being physically demanding, bricklaying involves long periods of standing and lifting of heavy materials.