Carpentry and Joinery Apprentice
NSJ CONTRACTORS LTD
BUXTON (SK17 9JW)
Closes in 25 days (Tuesday 23 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 29 August 2025
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Summary
This is a fantastic opportunity to kick start your career in the construction industry with a reputable company known for delivering outstanding projects. You will receive a Level 2 Carpentry and Joinery Apprenticeship Qualification.
- 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 to Friday 7.30am to 5pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 29 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
Learn and develop skills in all aspects of first and second fix joinery, including:
- Installing windows and door
- Laying floor joists and boards
- Erecting stud walls and hanging doors
- Fitting architraves, skirting boards, door frames and linings
- Making/fitting Kitchen and commercial lab units including one off custom commercial projects
- Master the use of handheld and power tools such as drills, saws, routers, and laser levelling devices
- Working with Panel Saw/CNC / Nesting Machinery and Edge Banders
- Follow technical plans and instructions to complete high-quality work
- Collaborate with colleagues and customers to deliver exceptional results
Where you'll work
UNIT 21
HARPER HILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
HARPER HILL
BUXTON
SK17 9JW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MACCLESFIELD 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 Apprenticeship Standard
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- Passionate
- Enthusiastic
- Hardworking
- Follows instructions
Other requirements
Required to be able to drive or in process of learning to drive. Must be able to get to the offices in Buxton for 7.30am start Monday to Friday.
About this employer
NSJ Contractors is a family-run business consisting of experienced building, maintenance and refurbishment services. Based in Buxton, and over the years – have successfully earned a prestigious reputation for the high levels of professional service, quality workmanship and value for money. NSJ Contractors specialise on new builds, refurbishment and maintenance works undertaking projects ranging in value from £500 upwards to £1.5 million.
After this apprenticeship
- After completing the apprenticeship you may have the opportunity to progress within the company
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MACCLESFIELD COLLEGE
Maxim Business Training
apprenticeship.recruitment@macclesfield.ac.uk
01625410022
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339564.
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Closes in 25 days (Tuesday 23 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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