Masonry: the basics

To carry out minor masonry work according to the rules of the trade: erecting a wall, rendering, finishing.

To know and apply the rules of health, safety and environmental risk prevention.

Site preparation
Organising tasks, choosing tools and materials
Safety rules for a building site
Using appropriate clothing, materials and tools for safe work
Organising your workstation

Presentation of eco-construction techniques
Monomur brick, hemp, straw, stone, wood.
Ecological insulation: wool, expanded cork; cellulose wadding; wood, hemp, flax, and cotton wools; cellular glass, duck feather.

Performing tracing operations (purlinings)
Using the square, plumb line, metre and blue line
Performing geometric tracings for masonry work.

Concrete and mortar
Principles of making mortar and concrete
Prepare mortar in the correct proportions.
Wall erection: preparing the work
Implanting the work
Marking and staking
The excavation
Alignment
Wall erection: laying and assembly
Cutting breezeblocks
Wall erection in panneresse and boutisse
Wall angles.

Finishing
Using a trowel to make flat, oblique, rounded and hollow joints

End-of-site management
Cleaning individual and collective tools after use (daily or occasional)
Managing, processing, sorting and recycling end-of-site waste
Tidying up and/or storing tools and equipment.

• Statement of skills and/or competencies

• All audiences

Have a minimum of manual skills.

• Fully classroom-based training

• Group lessons

• Equipped technical platforms

Qualified and experienced professional trainers

Training quotation on request.

Pre-registration form to be downloaded from the website or collected from the GRETA-CFA.

Access for people with disabilities

Transport

Métro line 1 : Timone station
Bus line 72 or 91
On foot 1 min