Carpentry Apprenticeship

Summary

Persimmon Homes Severn Valley is seeking Carpentry Apprentices to complete a Level 2 Apprenticeship in Carpentry and Joinery. Apprentices will work alongside experienced carpenters on active construction sites, gaining practical skills, industry knowledge, and professional behaviours essential for a career in construction.

Wage

£15,311.40 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Thursday - 8 hours per day. Friday - 7 hours. No weekend working. Times to be confirmed.

39 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 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

All of our apprentices will work alongside qualified and experienced carpenters to learn the trade and assist in all aspects of carpentry on a busy construction site. In addition to learning the skills required to become a competent carpenter, apprentices will also obtain the knowledge and behaviour to support them in the construction sector.

We are looking for candidates that will work safely and responsibly at all times, with a positive and enthusiastic approach to work and training.

Daily duties include:

Awareness of health and safety on site
Understand different techniques and methods used to move, handle and store materials
Access, interpret and use drawings and specifications to carry out work
Understand how to calculate quantity, length, area and wastage
Install door and window frames, floor joist coverings, partitions and stairs, install door and ironmongery
Erect roofs with gables, joists roof coverings and roof components
Use, maintain and store hand/power tools

Where you'll work

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

Wyck Beck Rd, Patchway, Bristol, BS10 7TE
Haywood Village, Weston Super Mare, BS24 8ES

Training

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

College or training organisation

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

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 be pursuing a Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard in Carpentry and Joinery, through Weston College
As part of this programme, you will attend Weston College once a week, for workshops
An assessor will conduct on-site observations to evaluate your progress, as well as supporting you in college throughout your apprenticeship
At the conclusion of your programme, your qualification will be assessed through an Apprenticeship Assessment

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 3/D+)
Maths (grade 3/D+)

Desirable qualifications

BTEC in:

Carpentry Qualification (grade Pass)

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
Problem solving skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Physical fitness

Other requirements

Please ensure you have reliable transport to and from sites everyday. You will be working across both Weston-Super-Mare and Bristol sites. Previous carpentry qualifications an advantage but not required as full training and guidance from both Persimmon and Weston college will be provided. Please note this vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.

About this company

We are a leading UK housebuilder with headquarters in York, we operate from 31 regional offices throughout the UK, trading under the brand names of Persimmon Homes, Charles Church and Westbury Partnerships. We have three off-site manufacturing facilities, which we utilise to support our operations and secure key material components: our Space4 business manufactures highly insulated timber frames, wall panels and roof cassettes; our Brickworks manufactures concrete bricks and our Tileworks manufactures concrete roof tiles. To further support our customers, we have established FibreNest, our ultra-fast, full fibre to the home broadband service, which aims to ensure our customers are connected to the internet from moving in day onwards. We aim to deliver value to all of our stakeholders, building good quality homes for our customers, providing career opportunities for our employees, supporting jobs in our supply chain, contributing towards the sustainable development of local communities, and generating returns for our shareholders.

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Company benefits

- 31 days holiday including bank holidays and Christmas close down period - Eligible to join the Persimmon Share Save Scheme - Free turkey at Christmas

After this apprenticeship

The successful applicant will work with our contractors in the region with a view to gaining the skills required working for a fast-pasted 5 Star National House Builder.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Erin Allsworth

erin.allsworth@weston,ac.uk

01934411594

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000326181.

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