How to become a Bricklayer or Blocklayer

Official title: Bricklayer/Blocklayer

Also called: Blocklayer, Bricklayer, Bricklayer (construction), Bricklayer (firebrick), Firebrick layer, Furnace liner (bricklaying), Kerbs installer, Kiln bricklayer, Oven bricklayer, Paviour installer, Ÿ Kerbs installer, Ÿ Kiln bricklayer

Bricklayer/Blocklayer lays bricks, pre-cut stones and other types of building stones in mortar to construct and repair walls, partitions, arches and other structures.

Main tasks

• Laying stone, brick and similar building blocks to construct or repair walls, partitions, fireplaces and other structures such as smokestacks, furnaces, converters, kilns and ovens, piers and abutments
• Laying footpaths, kerbs and pavements
• Laying bricks or other masonry to build patios, garden walls and other decorative installations

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Stonemason/Stone cutter/splitter/carver
• Concrete form worker
• Cement finisher/Screeder
• Carpenter
• Joiner
• Scaffolder

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Questions people ask

Will AI change the work of a Bricklayer or Blocklayer?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026