Scaffolder Apprenticeship
A S M SCAFFOLDING SERVICES LTD
BRISTOL, BS4 5PS
Closes in 17 days (Friday 24 January at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 December 2024
Contents
Summary
ASM Scaffolding Services Ltd are recruiting for a Level 2 Apprentice Scaffolder, based in Bristol. The successful candidate will receive on the job training alongside a 2 week block release with Weston College. They will also be entitled to claim a CISRS Card.
- Annual wage
- £14,144 a year
- Training course
- Scaffolder (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, shifts to be confirmed. 1 hour break per day.
42 hours 30 minutes a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 3 March
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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
- Loading/unloading trucks
- Cleaning/tidying warehouse
- Assisting scaffolders by passing kit
- General Warehouse duties
- Helping to erect/dismantle scaffold once training/CSCS status allows
Where you’ll work
14 CLOTHIER ROAD
BRISTOL
BS4 5PS
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
Scaffolder (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
- Follow procedures in line with health and safety regulations, standards, and scaffold guidance (quality).
- Comply with risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
- Inspect and select serviceable scaffold materials, components, and tools before use and escalate defects.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Carry, raise, lower, scaffold materials on a working platform.
- Move and store components tools and equipment.
- Install scaffold cantilevered structural components according to requirements of industry guidance and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Protect others within the working vicinity. For example, the public through signage, barriers.
- Install spurs and supports on cantilever sections.
- Select, space, and install the correct number of ties to restrain un-sheeted scaffolds to industry guidance and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Determine the component requirements for independent scaffolding.
- Organise materials to operate within the industry and manufacturers configurations and tolerances.
- Use lifting equipment safely to haul up scaffold components and equipment to working platform.
- Lay out materials, set out scaffolds to erect and dismantle scaffolds in a safe sequence.
- Inspect scaffolds prior to hand over.
- Use access and work at height equipment in accordance with training, relevant regulations and employer’s and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Erect and dismantle independent with cantilever section to a maximum height of 2m working platform.
- Erect and dismantle independent scaffolds, with features for example, towers, birdcages, chimney stacks, loading bays with or without beams, truss outs with beams, splays, and bridging sections with beams and gantry scaffolds.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Apply team working principles.
- Interpret information from drawings and specifications.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion guidelines.
- Follow procedures in line with health and safety regulations, standards, and scaffold guidance (quality).
- Comply with risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
- Inspect and select serviceable scaffold materials, components, and tools before use and escalate defects.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Carry, raise, lower, scaffold materials on a working platform.
- Move and store components tools and equipment.
- Install scaffold cantilevered structural components according to requirements of industry guidance and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Protect others within the working vicinity. For example, the public through signage, barriers.
- Install spurs and supports on cantilever sections.
- Select, space, and install the correct number of ties to restrain un-sheeted scaffolds to industry guidance and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Determine the component requirements for independent scaffolding.
- Organise materials to operate within the industry and manufacturers configurations and tolerances.
- Use lifting equipment safely to haul up scaffold components and equipment to working platform.
- Lay out materials, set out scaffolds to erect and dismantle scaffolds in a safe sequence.
- Inspect scaffolds prior to hand over.
- Use access and work at height equipment in accordance with training, relevant regulations and employer’s and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Erect and dismantle independent with cantilever section to a maximum height of 2m working platform.
- Erect and dismantle independent scaffolds, with features for example, towers, birdcages, chimney stacks, loading bays with or without beams, truss outs with beams, splays, and bridging sections with beams and gantry scaffolds.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Apply team working principles.
- Interpret information from drawings and specifications.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion guidelines.
Your training plan
Scaffolder Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:
- You will attend a 2 week block release for college training at Weston College's Construction Training Centre in Weston-Super-Mare
- An End Point Assessment will be used to assess your qualification at the end of your programme.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
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
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
- Hard working
- Keen to learn
Other requirements
The applicant must be aged 18+ due to The Work at Height Regulations 2005. Please note this vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.
About this company
Small family run Scaffolding Business. Please look through website to find out more.
After this apprenticeship
- Full time job available once the apprenticeship is complete
- Further training available
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 VAC1000290405.
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Closes in 17 days (Friday 24 January at 11:59pm)
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