Scaffold Apprentice

Summary

Excellent opportunity working for A growing scaffolding company , we are passionate about selecting candidates that want to grow with our business.

Annual wage

£13,312 a year

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The pay may be negotiated and may rise after a probation period has been successfully completed.

Training course

Scaffolder (level 2)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 07:00 - 16:00.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Thursday 29 August

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

You will attend college over a 2-year period growing from an apprentice to a fully qualified scaffolder whilst learning on the job achieving a fully recognised Level 2 Scaffold NVQ qualification
Functional skills if required
You will be attending construction college midlands, every two to three months on a two-week block release

Where you’ll work

WEST BROMWICH ROAD

WALSALL

WS5 4AN

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

WALSALL COLLEGE

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.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent 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

Logical
Team working
Initiative
Physical fitness

Other requirements

Role will be physical and working outside at times in all weathers.

About this company

The Individual should be reliable and enthusiastic who will be required to work initially for a 2 – 3-month period within our scaffold yard environment to familiarise themselves with the various components and weights of the scaffolding materials used. During this time, they will be under the direct supervision of our yard manager who will issue out daily tasks of loading / unloading and sorting / segregating of scaffold materials During this 2 – 3-month period the operative will be enlisted on a scaffolding apprentice training programme, and once the initial training has been achieved then they will be required to work along existing scaffold gangs on both new housing developments and occasional street work. The operative’s role will be to assist the existing scaffold team with both the erection and dismantle of various scaffold structures all in accordance with industry standards and procedure’s along with all relevant regulations. The role will remain for the duration of their training programme until they have achieved their full scaffolder qualification. For the time spent carrying out yard duties then the rate of pay would be as the government guidelines for the age group of the operative. Our on-site scaffolders work to a target rate structure so when out with the experienced scaffolders the operative will be paid a percentage of any monies earnt that day as agreed with the scaffold chargehands.

After this apprenticeship

There is a potential full-time position offered to the right candidate

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WALSALL COLLEGE

Sam Williams

samanthawilliams@walsallcollege.ac.uk

01922 688898

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000248912.

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Closes tomorrow (Sunday 28 July at 11:59pm)

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