Chimney Builder Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Construct or repair chimney masonry to approved dimensions and details.
• Inspect visible existing fabric and report instability or concealed-condition changes.
• Install authorised liners, terminals, flashings and weathering components.
• Use released scaffold, access and lifting arrangements for high-level work.
• Protect openings and incomplete flues against weather and falling material.
• Record products, condition, repairs, inspections and completion handover.

A realistic working scenario

Opening-up reveals a fractured liner and unstable masonry below the planned repair. The builder secures the area, records the condition and obtains a revised structural and flue detail before rebuilding.

Outputs to agree

• stable chimney masonry and weathering
• correctly installed approved liners or components
• clear inspection and appliance-interface handover

Records and evidence

• Survey and existing-condition record.
• Drawing, liner and material information.
• Access, scaffold and inspection check.
• Repair, photograph and completion handover.
• Work records.
• Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• The builder may complete approved masonry and lining work. Structural alteration, liner substitution, appliance connection or commissioning and work on uncertain hazardous deposits require the relevant specialist approval.
• Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

• Site records.
• Project systems.
• Risk assessment records.

Workplace context

• Construction sites, project offices, client sites and approved work locations.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

• work at height
• soot, dust and existing fabric
• flue product and detail
• trade boundary with appliance work

Information the employer should prepare

• the new-build, repair, lining or heritage chimney work covered
• the sites, travel, weather and access expectations
• the masonry, lining and work-at-height competence required
• the scaffold, tools, lifting aids, PPE and dust controls provided
• the surveys, drawings and product information used
• the boundary with appliance connection, testing and commissioning