Apprentice Scaffolder
BURFLEX ( SCAFFOLDING ) LTD
Sheffield (S4 8EL)
Closes in 24 days (Saturday 14 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 17 February 2026
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Summary
If the thought of working at height doesn't phase you and you like the outdoors & enjoy working in a team, an Apprentice Scaffolder role could be the job you have been looking for! You will have the benefit of attending several 2 week blocks of paid training at Simian's training college in Warrington to gain your qualification.
- Wage
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£20,800 a year
- Training course
- Scaffolder (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 4.30pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 23 March 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
- Working in a team to help erect and dismantle scaffolding
- Adhere to Health & Safety guidelines on site
- Manual handling
Where you'll work
950 Grimesthorpe Road
Sheffield
S4 8EL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SIMIAN RISK MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Training course
Scaffolder (level 2)
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What you'll learn
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.
Training schedule
Training takes place at Simian College in Warrington.
You will attend college on block release, this will be for 2 weeks every 4 months, Monday - Friday both weeks and will have accommodation provided on a dinner, bed & breakfast basis whilst at college.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C or above / 4 or above)
- Maths (grade C or above / 4 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Physical fitness
About this employer
Like our scaffolding systems, Burflex Scaffolding is founded on quality, integrity and consistency. Our head office is based in Hull, we also have contact offices in Sheffield and Leeds. This allows us to provide expert services quickly and effectively to customers across the north and further afield, with multiple projects always in operation around the UK. –
After this apprenticeship
- You will become a qualified Scaffolder
- Continue in employment with the company
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SIMIAN RISK MANAGEMENT LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000016361.
Apply now
Closes in 24 days (Saturday 14 March 2026 at 11:59pm)