Apprentice Scaffolder

Summary

If you love the outdoors, the thought of working at height doesn't phase you and you want a physical job working in a team, an Apprentice Scaffolder role could be the job for you! You'll have the fantastic benefit of attending college (whilst being paid) to gain your qualification & once qualified, the earning potential could be up to £50k plus!

Annual wage: £26,000 a year
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Training course: Scaffolder (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 3:30pm. Overtime may be offered at weekends.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 6

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

Manual handling
Working in a team to help erect and dismantle scaffolding
Adhere to Health & Safety guidelines on site

Where you’ll work

Hadham Park

Hadham Road

Bishop's Stortford

Hertfordshire

CM23 1JH

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

CITB

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

Training takes place at the National Construction College, either at Bircham Newton or Erith.

You will go to college on block release, which will be 2 weeks every 3-4 months. You will stay Monday - Friday both weeks and will have accommodation provided whilst at college, as well as all food paid for, and travel contributed to.

More training information

Scaffolder Level 2
The training course is split into 6 blocks and takes roughly 18 months to complete.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

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

Team working
Physical fitness

Other requirements

It’s important to remember before applying for this role that being a scaffolder is a physically demanding job which has to be done in all weather conditions, so we’re looking for people who enjoy working hard, work well in a team and have a positive and respectful attitude come rain or shine! Please note, you will need to be 18 years old to apply.

About this company

Connect Scaffolding is an award winning access and scaffolding contractor operating across London and the South East. We are proud to work with many of the UK's leading businesses and have experienced specialist teams operating across a wide range of industries including Construction, Rail, Aviation, Asbestos removal, Refurbishment, Restoration of Historic buildings, Manufacturing and Industrial. We have been ranked in the Top 50 Apprenticeship Employers in the country for 2024.

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

Company benefits

• Excellent rates of pay with regular overtime opportunities • Long run of continuous work • Variety of work ranging from commercial to events • Supported training • Company workwear provided • Support with travel costs

After this apprenticeship

You will become a qualified Scaffolder, which could take you down many different career paths, including into Commercial, Design etc.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CONNECT SCAFFOLDING LIMITED

Emma Lunnun

careers@connectscaffolding.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000291309.

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Closes on Wednesday 30 April

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