Apprentice Architectural Joiner
WENTWOOD LIMITED
ATTLEBOROUGH (NR17 1YE)
Closes in 13 days (Monday 11 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 July 2025
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Summary
Wentwood is a family run business, dedicated to creating truly bespoke, beautiful and functional products for your home, office and event. Working for us you will assist and support in the production of bespoke furniture, staging and display units. You will also have the opportunity to support site installations.
- Wage
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£15,704 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 08:30 - 17:30, 60 minutes unpaid lunch break per day.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years 3 months
- 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
Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
- Assist in the preparation, cutting, and assembly of wood and panel products.
- Support factory carpenters in the production of bespoke furniture, staging and display units.
- Use basic hand tools and power tools safely under supervision.
- Help with sanding, painting, laminating, and finishing processes.
- Maintain cleanliness and organisation within the factory workshop.
- Assist with loading and unloading of materials and finished goods.
- Conduct quality checks on completed work under guidance.
- Follow health and safety procedures at all times.
- Learn to read and interpret technical drawings and cutting lists.
- Support project-specific builds from factory preparation through to site installation (where appropriate).
- Accurately complete associated paperwork, including material usage logs and job sheets.
- Attend internal training and mentoring sessions as scheduled
Where you'll work
23-24 HAVERSCROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
NEW ROAD
ATTLEBOROUGH
NR17 1YE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY COLLEGE NORWICH
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
Apprentices must attend college sessions once a week, either at the Easton campus, located to the west of Norwich or at Ipswich Road (near Norwich city centre)- the location will depend on the pathway or assessor.
More training information
For the full apprenticeship, candidates will complete:
Level 2 Carpentry and Joinery Apprenticeship Standard.
Apprentices will also work towards and take the test for Level 2 English and Maths prior to taking the End Point Assessment.
The End Point Assessment (EPA) will include a multiple- choice knowledge assessment, a practical skills assessment and an interview underpinned by the portfolio of evidence.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 2)
- Maths (grade 2)
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
- Number skills
- Team working
- Physical fitness
- time management
- manual dexterity
About this employer
Wentwood is a family run business, dedicated to creating truly bespoke, beautiful and functional products for your home, office & event. We are actively involved in each part of our clients projects from design and concept, through to manufacture and installation, giving our clients the confidence in our final product. We love the variety of styles and ideas, we collaborate to create with our clients but are excited by those projects that don't necessarily follow the trends,or perhaps combine different styles to create something really unique. Wentwood serve across 3 industries from domestic interiors, commercial interiors & events. Wentwood are designers & producers of joinery products from our 500m2 manufacturing facility, including design studio, machine shop, assembly & spray booths.
After this apprenticeship
A position may be available for the right candidate following successful completion of the apprenticeship. The business is looking for somebody who wants to develop and gain a position following their apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY COLLEGE NORWICH
CCN Apprenticeships
apprenticeships@ccn.ac.uk
01603 773365
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334137.
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Closes in 13 days (Monday 11 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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