Carpentry Apprentice

Cottsway Housing Association Limited

Oxfordshire (OX28 4YG)

Closes on Tuesday 30 September 2025

Posted on 29 July 2025

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Summary

To learn carpentry Trade Skills and become a fully qualified Level 2 NVQ in Carpentry within 18 months of appointment.

Wage

£19,253 a year

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Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Hours
Hours Monday = On Site 8.00AM to 5.00PM Tuesday = ACE Training 8.00AM to 4.30PM Wednesday = On Site 8.00AM to 5.00PM Thursday = On Site 8.00AM to 5.00PM Friday = On Site 8.00AM to 4.30PM.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 6 October 2025

Duration

1 year 6 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

Work Description

  • To carry out repair, maintenance and improvement work, mostly of a carpentry nature, as well as work of associated trades where necessary

    What you will do at work

  • To carry out general repair, maintenance, and improvement of the Association’s properties under the guidance and supervision of a Mentor

    Where you will work:

  • You will be working in occupied and unoccupied properties in West Oxfordshire

    Training

  • An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

     

Where you'll work

Cottsway House
Avenue Two
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX28 4YG

Training

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

Training provider

ACE TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY LIMITED

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

  • Training Providers is ACE Training, based in Kidlington Oxford OX5 1JD

  • Your training course will include a Carpentry & Joinery Level 2 NVQ and successfully completing your End Point Assessment (EPA) to confirm your skills and knowledge. Your Apprenticeship is Equal to Level 2 (GCSE)

  • Your training plan = As a Carpentry Apprentice, you will attend ACE Training 1 day a week each week (day required to attend will be confirmed with your employer) 8.30 to 4.30, to develop the skills and knowledge required to complete your EPA & NVQ. These skills and knowledge will ensure you are effective in your role as a Carpenter. You will complete your NVQ Level 2, which is made up of site evidence you and your assessor collect during your time on the apprenticeship

  • Maths and English Functional Skills level 2 (Required if you did not pass GCSE)

More training information

  • ACE Training is situated for buses and trains, or has ample parking for those apprentices who drive.
  • ACE Training will complete an initial assessment at the start of your apprenticeship to ensure we identify the correct ways to support your learning in both practical and theory sessions.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 or above)
  • Maths (grade 4 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
  • Customer care skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

Other requirements A high level of manual dexterity is essential in this role, along with the ability to work in confined spaces (kneeling, crouching) and work at high or low levels. You will need to demonstrate a polite manner, maintain a smart appearance, and demonstrate consistently good timekeeping.

About this employer

About this company Cottsway Housing is a housing association which owns and manages @ 6000 properties in West Oxfordshire and surrounding counties. This role is within the Property Services department, which includes a team of almost 60 trades operatives and apprentices, whose role is to maintain and improve the association’s properties.

After this apprenticeship

After this apprenticeship

Should you prove yourself over the course of a successful apprenticeship, you could progress onto the Advanced Apprenticeship and develop your skills further.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ACE TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY LIMITED

Lyndsey Fitzpatrick

lyndsey@acetraining.co.uk

07538713849

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334415.

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Closes on Tuesday 30 September 2025

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