Carpentry & Property Maintenance Apprentice

HL&O LTD

SOUTHEND ON SEA (SS1 1EF)

Closes in 25 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 5 August 2025

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Summary

Working with the owner of a small local business, the apprentice will assist with a large variety of carpentry and property maintenance tasks/multi trades mainly in the residential sector. This includes learning to use tools, repairing and installing fixtures and performing general home improvements.

Wage

£14,560 a year

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The wage is predicted on a 35 hour week, but this may be increased to a 40 hour week dependant on work needs.

Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm, with 3 breaks throughout the day. These are the start times please allow for travel pick up is normally 7.30am or you can make your own way to site. Hours can change according to the project.

35 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 2 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

The Apprentice will learn to assist with a variety of carpentry and property maintenance projects.  They will gain hands-on experience working alongside the owner and on occasion other sub contractors.

Each day is different and can include:

  • Carpentry
  • Building beach huts/summer houses, handing doors, fitting skirting boards, designing and building custom cupboards and wardrobes, installing timber frames for roofs.  Cutting loft hatch and boarding lofts
  • Kitchen fitting & conversions
  • Ripping out and installing new kitchens and appliances. Converting garages and outbuildings
  • Property Maintenance
  • Performing a variety of tasks, from basic plumbing and painting tasks to general repairs
  • External Work
  • Creating cement bases, occasionally laying new patios, repairing brickwork/plaster

Where you'll work

6 NELSON STREET
SOUTHEND ON SEA
SS1 1EF

Training

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

Training provider

SOUTH ESSEX COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

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

Full Carpentry Apprenticeship at Level 

4 days working with employer and 1 day at College.

 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 3)

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
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

Physical fitness is a must and being able to read a tape measure.

About this employer

We are a small, friendly, family run business offering a variety of trade services in the residential sector. We pride ourselves on quality work, reliability and excellent communication with our customers.

http://www.beachbuoy.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

This isn’t just a job it’s a career path and we are looking for someone with the potential to grown into a skilled tradesperson capable of running their own jobs and potentially takin on a leadership role in future.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SOUTH ESSEX COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Diane Ridgley

diane.ridgley@southessex.ac.uk

07855701273

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335610.

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Closes in 25 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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