Apprentice Carpenter Handyman
POSITIVE CONTRACTORS LTD
Essex, London
Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 6 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 22 July 2025
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Summary
We’re on the lookout for a motivated and reliable Carpenter/Handyman Apprentice to join our dynamic team at Positive Contractors. A hands-on opportunity to learn essential skills in carpentry, joinery, and general property maintenance Mentorship from experienced tradespeople who are passionate about training the next generation
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm (One hour lunch break)
One day to attend college.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 25 August 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
- Assist with general carpentry, repairs, installations, and maintenance tasks
- Work alongside skilled tradespeople, learning techniques and industry best practices
- Help maintain tools, equipment, and workspaces
- Travel to job sites and contribute to delivering high-standard results for clients
- This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to build a career with longterm
prospects, job satisfaction, and the chance to become a trusted
tradesperson. - Whether you're fresh out of school or looking to retrain, we’d love to hear from you
- Apply today and start building your future - one project at a time
Where you'll work
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- 17, Love Lane, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 8BH
- Across the Whole of London, London, N1 6HQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NEW CITY COLLEGE
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 (load bearing studwork), 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.
Training schedule
Carpentry and Joinery Level 2 Apprenticership Standard
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 3 or above)
- Maths (grade 3 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
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Patience
Other requirements
As we cover the whole of London the areas where you will be working will vary this may mean the time you get home will vary depending on traffic. You may have to travel to the first job to meet the engineer onsite after which you will travel with him for the rest of the day.
About this employer
Positive contractors are a one stop shop property maintenance provider working with high end property mangers companies across London. Services include Gas , plumbing, electrics, handyman, carpentry , carpet fitting, drainage, painting, fencing, refurbs, AC, ventilation
After this apprenticeship
- The apprenticeship will lead to a full time position
- There will be opportunities to attend further courses in areas you find you enjoy most
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEW CITY COLLEGE
Mylene Slama
Mylene.Slama@ncclondon.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333194.
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Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 6 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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