A bricklayer or mason is a
tradesman who lays bricks to construct
brickwork. The term also refers to personnel who use
blocks to construct blockwork walls and other forms of
masonry. In
British and
Australian English, a bricklayer is colloquially known as a "brickie".The training of a trade in European cultures has been a formal tradition for many centuries. A tradesman typically begins in an
apprenticeship, working for and learning from a
master craftsman, and after a number of years is released from his master's service to become a
journeyman. After a journeyman has proven himself to his trade's
guild (most guilds are now known by different names), he may settle down as a master craftsman and work for himself, eventually taking on his own apprentices.
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