Site Carpenter Apprentice

HUTCHINSON AND VIZE JOINERY & BUILDING LTD

BUXTON, SK17 9SB

Closes on Wednesday 30 October

Posted on 11 September 2024

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Summary

Apprentice site joiner is required to join a small and experienced team working in and around the Buxton area. We will offer full training and support in return for an enthusiastic attitude.

Annual wage
£13,312 a year

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Protective clothing will be provided as required.

Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Hours
40-hours per week 8am until 5pm with 1-hour for lunch. Your working time will include attending college. Working days TBC.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 5 November

Duration

1 Year 6 Months

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

Duties to include but not limited to:

  • Assisting the joinery team working in and around the Buxton area
  • Basic measuring and cutting to specification 
  • Moving materials around the site
  • Assisting to build/install as required 
  • At all times following Health & Safety policies 

As skills develop the duties will become more varied. 

Where you’ll work

11 BARSON GROVE

BUXTON

SK17 9SB

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

UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

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

    Carpentry and Joinery Level 2.

    Apprentices will spend one day per week at the Leek Campus, college transport is available including a free shuttle bus between Buxton and Leek Campuses. 

    More training information

    Your training will be delivered by Buxton & Leek College, part of the University of Derby. 

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

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

    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

    • Attention to detail
    • Customer care skills
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Reliable
    • An interest in the industry
    • Ability to learn from peers
    • A desire to learn

    Other requirements

    You will be working mostly outdoors, work only stops when very bad weather makes it unsafe. Please consider how you will get to work each day, your own transport would be beneficial but not essential. Site work involves some lifting and carrying.

    About this company

    Hutchinson & Vize was formed in December 2018 by Shaun Hutchinson and Jonathan Vize. They are both time served joiners with considerable experience. Both having their own company's prior to the formation of HV. It made sense for them to join forces to enable them to move on to bigger projects. Their attention to quality and small detail is the foundation of the company and has resulted in every customer recommending their work.

    https://www.hvjoinery.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    You will be encouraged to progress to a higher level and become a time-served joiner employed by the company. 

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

    Apprenticeships Team

    feapprenticeships@blc.ac.uk

    08000740099

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000276118.

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    Closes on Wednesday 30 October

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