Carpentry Apprentice ( Tame area)

Summary

Do you have drive & enthusiasm, want to join our team & support our growing business. Platform Property Care (PPC) carry out over 72000 jobs a year from standard repairs, refurbishment work such as replacing kitchens, bathrooms & roofs. We carry out servicing & testing to make sure all our properties are compliant with Gas & Electrical standards.

Wage

£26,319 a year

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Training course

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 4.30pm with 30-minute lunch break. (Mobile working)

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 18 August 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

1

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

A Carpentry and Joinery Apprentice:

Optimises property condition & quality of work
Providing maximum satisfaction to customers, clients & the team
The work will be varied & interesting, delivering a quality & efficient service

Where you'll work

Unit 1
20 Ravensbridge Drive
Leicester
LE4 0BX

Training

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

College or training organisation

LEICESTER COLLEGE

Your training course

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

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What you'll learn

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

You will study the Carpentry and Joinery Apprenticeship Standard at Level 2 by attending Leicester College on day release, alongside learning and working with experienced operatives during the rest of the week

Depending on your grades, you will before taking your end-point assessment have:

- achieved level 1 English and maths (equivalent to GCSEs at grades D to G)

- taken the test for level 2 English and maths (equivalent to GCSEs at grades A* to C)

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade Grade 4 or above)
Maths (grade Grade 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
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Team working

About this company

Apprenticeships are great. We believe in their power to inspire & launch amazing careers. A 5yr Apprentice Strategy has exciting opportunities including a variety of routes. Platform own & manage 48,000 homes across the Midlands. We make real positive difference to lives & communities. Working here is more than a job. We are about growth & ambition. We continue to develop our program & grow our own talent. Platform colleagues have a set of values, that’s what we look for in people who join us.

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Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

On successful completion of the Carpentry and Joinery Level 2 apprenticeship, you will be able to apply for any related job vacancies within PPC
If you gain permanent employment with PPC you will continue to be supported in your learning and development

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LEICESTER COLLEGE

PPCRecruitment@platformhg.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320792.

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Closes in 18 days (Tuesday 24 June 2025)

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