Carpentry and Joinery Apprentice
TRUE NORTH CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Cramlington (NE23 1WA)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 13 August 2025
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Summary
We want to welcome to our team an apprentice joiner, willing to train alongside our qualified joiners, to gain the full range of joinery skills carrying out new builds, renovations and refurbishments.
- Wage
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£15,311.40 a year
- Training course
- Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday, 7.30am-4.00pm. Friday, 7.30am - 3.00pm.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 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
- Working as part of our team with a mentor in all areas of Northumberland
- Learning all aspects of joinery including industry health & safety, site rules and regulations
- Training in first, second and final fix joinery
- Door and window frame installation, skirting boards, door fitting, kitchens (cupboards, shelving), staircases etc.
- Use of relevant equipment, tools and PPE Measuring, identifying, sourcing and preparing and use of relevant materials
Where you'll work
14d Atley Way North
Nelson Industrial Estate
Cramlington
NE23 1WA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY OF SUNDERLAND 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 Standard.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 9-1 )
- Maths (grade 9-1 )
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Number skills
- Organisation skills
- Physical fitness
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
Other requirements
This is a physically demanding role requiring you to be on your feet for the majority of your working shift.
About this employer
The business is run by David Roberts and Steven Henderson who have over 40 years’ joint experience in the building trade. We are supported by our team of skilled tradesmen. We are specialists in delivering both contemporary and modern high-end extensions, refurbishments and renovations across Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and County Durham.
After this apprenticeship
- Full time employment
- Progression to level 3
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336939.
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Closes in 16 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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