Builder or Carpentry Apprentice
MEROPO LTD
Recruiting nationally
Closes in 5 days (Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 August 2025
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Summary
For an immediate start: learn a diverse range of skills from a qualified Master Carpenter and Builder with 38 years experience: flat roof windows, sliding doors, kitchens, doors, bathrooms, extensions, staircases, garden rooms, roofs, loft conversions, full refurbishments, so you therefore must be prepared to do everything required of you.
- 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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Immediate start
Working Monday - Friday 08:00-1600. Additional hours maybe required.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 3 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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2
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
For an immediate start:
Our carpentry apprentices have just completed their Level 3 - NWK College and Level 2 - Bromley College - and have now gone on to new roles. We are therefore looking to replace them.
Apprentices are not normally paid a normal wage however, we endeavour to do so with ours. We offer full-time employment and weekend work - when available should you wish to complete it - you are not required to do so.
You must be able to get to site or a station where you can be collected.
Tools are not required although most carpentry apprentices should have their own basic tool kit. You will need still toe cap boots, work trousers and a fully waterproof jacket.
You will learn a diverse range of skills from a qualified Master Carpenter and Builder with 38 years experience: fit flat roof windows and sliding doors. Carpentry: fit kitchens, bathrooms, extensions, staircases, build garden rooms, roofs, loft conversions and full refurbishments, so you therefore must be prepared to do everything required of you.
You must be polite, honest, hard working, competent, very strong, healthy, punctual and reliable.
You must be able to speak, understand, read and write English.
Where you'll work
You must be on or accepted on a carpentry or building apprenticeship from September 2025. This is NOT NEGOTIABLE.
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NORTH KENT 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
All training will be on site in clients homes and gardens - all work will go towards your Level 2 Carpentry and Joinery qualification.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 4)
- Math (grade 4)
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
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
You will need to be strong. Attend every day, be on time, work hard.
About this employer
For an immediate start: Our carpentry apprentices have completed Level 3 - NWK College and Level 2 - Bromley College - and have now gone on to new roles. We are therefore looking to replace them. You will learn a diverse range of skills from a qualified Master Carpenter and Builder with 38 years experience.
After this apprenticeship
Possible progression onto the level 3 apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MEROPO LTD
Andrew Horton
meropo.ltd@icloud.com
07867602680
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339138.
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Closes in 5 days (Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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