Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for work.
- Work instructions, including plans, specifications, quality requirements and operational details, are obtained, confirmed and applied from relevant information.
- Safety (OHS) requirements are followed in accordance with safety plans and policies.
- Signage and barricade requirements are identified and implemented.
- Plant, tools and equipment selected to carry out tasks are consistent with job requirements, checked for serviceability, and any faults are rectified or reported prior to commencement.
- Material quantity requirements are calculated in accordance with plans, specifications and quality requirements.
- Materials appropriate to the work application are identified, obtained, prepared, safely handled and located ready for use.
- Environmental requirements are identified for the project in accordance with environmental plans and statutory and regulatory authority obligations, and are applied.
- Set out brickwork.
- Work platform is erected in accordance with regulatory and workplace requirements.
- Location and structural details of multi-thickness brickwork are determined from drawings and specifications.
- Set out area is located and footing is checked for conformity to dimensions and location as per job drawings, specifications and standards.
- Brickwork is set out to location according to dimensions from drawings and specifications.
- Construct walls and attached piers.
- Mortar is mixed and bricks are laid to set out for base and specified bond types in accordance with specifications and standards.
- Multi-thickness wall is constructed maintaining bond, and is completed to job specifications and standards.
- Attached piers are bonded to wall according to job specifications.
- Walls are to be straight and true in plumb line and level within standard tolerances.
- Damp proof courses are built to specifications and standards.
- Openings are constructed and lintels are installed to job specifications and standards.
- Tie down and lateral support systems for ceiling and roof structures are installed to walls in accordance with plans, specifications, codes and standards.
- Construct isolated piers.
- Finish joints.
- Excess mortar is removed from brickwork surfaces and cavities are cleaned free of mortar and debris in accordance with manufacturer recommendations, job specifications, standards and codes.
- Joints of laid brickwork are raked or ruled to correct profile and depth in accordance with job specifications.
- Brickwork is brushed down prior to drying to remove unwanted mortar.
- Clean up.
- Work area is cleared and materials disposed of, reused or recycled in accordance with legislation, regulations, codes of practice and job specification.
- Plant, tools and equipment are cleaned, checked, maintained and stored in accordance with manufacturer recommendations and standard work practices.