Apprentice Joiner

Summary

Looking for an apprentice for immediate start. To serve time in college one day a week and work 4 days a week with us in the workshop. You will be required to pick up bespoke bench joinery skills enabling you to start manufacturing yourself.

Wage

£16,640 a year

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Training course

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Hours

Monday-Friday 8.00am-5.00pm. Exact shifts TBC.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 15 September 2025

Duration

2 years 3 months

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

You will be required to start with helping out and picking up key skills with our experienced joiners
You will be required to get into work at 8am and leave at 5pm every day except college
Lifts depending on where you live may come available
You must be willing to work in a team and be willing to ask plenty questions to help you learn
Showing that you are keen and willing to learn is a key part of being a great apprentice
The skills will soon follow if you are keen

Responsibilities will include the following:

Help with assembling and fitting components
Clean up work areas and dispose of waste materials properly
Shadow experienced joiners to gain hands-on experience
Maintain and organize tools and materials
Follow health and safety regulations on-site and in workshops
Clean up work areas and dispose of waste materials properly
Shadow experienced joiners to gain hands-on experience

Where you'll work

BANKSIDE JOINERY WORKS
STAVELEY
KENDAL
CUMBRIA
LA9 4HL

Training

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

College or training organisation

KENDAL 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

Training will take place at Kendal college, one day per week
Apprenticeship standard Carpentry and Joinery
Level 2

Requirements

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
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Logical
Team working
Polite

About this company

We are a family run business since 1947, I am the 3rd generation and looking to employ an apprentice.

After this apprenticeship

Once you have completed your apprenticeshipm, a full time job will become available, as long as you are meeting the correct milestones

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

KENDAL COLLEGE

Chesney Walling

pandjwalling@hotmail.co.uk

07389779132

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327024.

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Closes on Monday 1 September 2025

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