Carpentry and Joinery Apprentice

JEFFRIES JOINERY LIMITED

WESTON SUPER MARE, BS23 3TP

Closes in 7 days (Thursday 26 September at 11:59pm)

Posted on 5 September 2024

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Summary

We are looking for an Apprentice to join our team in Weston Super Mare. We are a Carpentry Joinery company Bespoke company specialising in staircases, windows, kitchens, wardrobes, orangery, doors and furniture.

Annual wage
£13,312 to £23,795.20 a year

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Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday. Shift times to be confirmed.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 30 September

Duration

2 Years

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Daily duties:

  • Support team with loading/unloading materials.

  • Preparation of site.

  • Clean down of site.

  • Meeting quality and safety standards.

  • Making sure all jobs are completed on time.

Where you’ll work

UNIT 5

BECKS BUSINESS PARK

WARNE ROAD

WESTON SUPER MARE

BS23 3TP

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Your training course

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Identify and use safety control equipment, for example, RPE, dust suppression, PPE and LEV.
  • Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Comply with industry regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Prepare and maintain a safe working area.
  • Interpret and use information from drawings and specifications.
  • Estimate required materials and produce a cutting list.
  • Verbally communicate with others, applying construction terminology.
  • Select, use and store hand tools.
  • Select, use and store power tools.
  • Maintain and sharpen hand tools.
  • Produce jigs.
  • Identifies well-being support available to self and others.
  • Site carpenter: Apply first fix techniques and practices for: 1. structural carcassing, 2. straight timber or metal partition walls, 3. floor joists 4. floor joist coverings and 5. straight flights of stairs.
  • Site carpenter: Install structural fixings.
  • Site carpenter: Size timber from sizing tables.
  • Site carpenter: Apply site second fix techniques and practices for:1. service encasement, 2. cladding 3. wall and floor units and fitments, 4. handrails and spindles to straight flights of stairs, 5. internal and external doors, 6. skirting boards and architrave, 7. window boards.
  • Site carpenter: Apply site carpenter techniques and practices to construction of rafter roofs, including trussed (prefabricated) and traditional (built on site) including the construction of verge, eaves and fitting loft access.
  • Site carpenter: Use and store laser levels for example cross line laser.
  • Site carpenter: Form connections, for example, using joints, nails, screws, bolts and adhesive.
  • Site carpenter: Apply measuring, marking out, cutting (square and angled), mitring, hinging and recessing techniques.
  • Site carpenter: Carrying out splicing and scribing techniques.
  • Architectural joiner: Produce setting out details, including setting rods, and mark out for timber products.
  • Architectural joiner: Produce basic woodworking joints including dovetail, bridal, mortise and tenon and halving.
  • Architectural joiner: Form connections using dowels, biscuit, staples and adhesives.
  • Architectural joiner: Apply techniques and practices to the manufacture and assembly of a timber window with casement including glazing rebates and associated ironmongery.
  • Architectural joiner: Apply manufacture and assembly techniques for first fix products: 1. straight staircases, 2. door frames and linings.
  • Architectural joiner: Apply manufacture and assembly techniques for second fix products: 1. timber doors, 2. wall and floor units, 3. timber mouldings, 4. staircase spindles and balustrades.
  • Architectural joiner: Fit ironmongery including door locks, door handles, door hinges, latches and draw runners.
  • Architectural joiner: Inspect, prepare and operate fixed machinery.
  • Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Identify and use safety control equipment, for example, RPE, dust suppression, PPE and LEV.
  • Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Comply with industry regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Prepare and maintain a safe working area.
  • Interpret and use information from drawings and specifications.
  • Estimate required materials and produce a cutting list.
  • Verbally communicate with others, applying construction terminology.
  • Select, use and store hand tools.
  • Select, use and store power tools.
  • Maintain and sharpen hand tools.
  • Produce jigs.
  • Identifies well-being support available to self and others.

    • Your training plan

    • You will work towards the Level 2 standard apprenticeship in Carpentry and joinery.
    • You will attend college once a week and have an assessor who will visit you onsite to carry out observations.
    • If you are unable to provide evidence of C/4 + in your maths and English, you will need to do functional skills alongside your apprenticeship programme.
    • An End Point Assessment will be used to assess your qualification at the end of your programme.

    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 4/C or equivalent)
    • Maths (grade 4/C or equivalent)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • Organisation skills
    • Customer care skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Team working
    • Initiative

    About this company

    We are a carpentry and Joinery company. We specialise in purpose made Joinery including staircases, windows, kitchens, wardrobes, orangery, doors and furniture.

    After this apprenticeship

    To be a full time member of the team.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

    Erin Allsworth

    erin.allsworth@weston.ac.uk

    01934411594

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000275166.

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    Closes in 7 days (Thursday 26 September at 11:59pm)

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