Apprentice Joiner

Summary

An exciting opportunity to join a long established, experienced team to develop your skills in Carpentry and Joinery whilst producing high end, bespoke Garden building for a range of clients across the UK.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Hours

Typical working week will be Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 2 June 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

Day-to-day you will work with a team of highly experienced joiners and assist in the manufacture, assembly and installation if bespoke, high-end garden building. Your duties will include:

Undertaking and assisting in bench joinery tasks
Developing skills to utilise fixed machinery including CNC
Utilise hand and power tools to produce a range of components including windows, doors, roofs and walls
Assist in the assembly of buildings with in the workshop ready for finishing
Attend site installs once experienced
Attend day-release and College to develop a range of knowledge required for the apprenticeship

Where you’ll work

160 PINNOX STREET
STOKE ON TRENT
ST6 6AD

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

STOKE ON TRENT COLLEGE

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

Development of the apprenticeship knowledge will occur at Stoke-on-Trent College's Burslem Campus (ST6 1JJ)
College training will take place one day per week

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

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

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Number skills
Team working
Initiative
Basic tool knowledge

Other requirements

Once more experienced, there will be opportunity to assist with site based installs - these may take place during differing weathers.

About this company

We have a committed team within our manufacturing site in Staffordshire, who produce, deliver and install our superior range of garden offices, summerhouses, studios, workshops, log cabins, playhouses, timber garages, sheds, windows & doors. We also manufacture bespoke garden buildings to our customer's specification. For a unique addition to your home or workplace, if you provide us with your ideas, we can help to turn them into reality.

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

After this apprenticeship

Following successful completion of the apprenticeship, there will be opportunity to obtain a full-time position. The company continues to employ many of it's past apprentices as full-time skilled joiners.

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