Hire a bricklayer-mason in Québec.

You can verify a worker's competency certificate directly through CCQ's online services. It's a quick step to run before hiring — a worker without a valid certificate can't legally work on your CCQ-regulated sites. While you're at it, also confirm they hold their ASP Construction card (general health and safety on job sites), a mandatory requirement to obtain the CCQ competency certificate. With 5,256 bricklayer-masons active in 2024 and 1,243 companies recruiting at the same time, the market is competitive: make sure your offer reflects experience in the target sector (institutional-commercial, residential, industrial, or civil engineering) to attract the right candidates quickly.

In institutional-commercial, industrial, and civil engineering, bricklayer-masons are among the trades that require 2 journeypersons per apprentice on the books. In residential, the ratio is 1 journeyperson per apprentice. A journeyperson can supervise a 2nd apprentice — up to a maximum of two — if one of the apprentices is in their final apprenticeship period or one is a woman; these two conditions don't stack. This ratio ensures proper supervision across the 6,000 apprenticeship hours spread over 3 periods of 2,000 hours each. Always check the ratios that apply to your sector on ccq.org before adjusting your crew composition, since they determine how many apprentices you can assign to each job site.

Workers from other provinces can access the CCQ through labour mobility agreements, under certain conditions (trade recognition, equivalent experience, sometimes an exam). The CCQ also handles applications from candidates trained abroad through its recognition-of-training-and-experience process — point the candidate to the "Recognition" or "Outside Quebec" section on ccq.org for the exact steps. This kind of recruiting can be a good option: the CCQ rates job prospects for the trade as "very good," and 1,243 companies were recruiting bricklayer-masons in 2024. Just make sure the candidate has relevant experience in the sector you're assigning them to, and that they obtain their ASP Construction card before their first day on site.