Carpentry Level 3 Apprenticeship
Statham Custom Cabins Ltd
STROUD (GL5 5DN)
Closes in 23 days (Thursday 20 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 October 2025
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Summary
This is a unique opportunity to learn the art of bespoke timber construction, working alongside experienced craftsmen to create custom cabins & garden buildings that are as individual as our clients. You will also have the chance to develop your skills in sustainable building practices & innovative design.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 a year
- Training course
- Craft carpentry and joinery (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday- Friday
8:30am - 4:30pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- 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
Assist with the construction and installation of bespoke timber cabins and garden rooms, both on-site and in our workshop.
- Accurately measure, mark, cut, and prepare timber components according to project specifications
- Support the fitting and assembly of structural frames, panels, doors, windows, and interior features
- Help with finishing work, including sanding, treating, and ensuring high-quality finishes on all timber surfaces
Participate in the repair and refurbishment of existing structures as needed - Prepare and maintain tidy, safe work areas, ensuring all tools and materials are stored correctly
- Follow all health and safety guidelines to maintain a safe working environment for yourself and your team
Where you'll work
TOWER HOUSE
THE STREET
KINGSCOURT
STROUD
GL5 5DN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
GLOUCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE
Training course
Craft carpentry and joinery (level 3)
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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 including RPE, dust suppression, PPE and LEV.
- Implement and monitor safe systems of work and control measures.
- Interpret and extract information using paper based or digital techniques from drawings, specifications and provide work instructions.
- Calculate resource and cost quantities from site measurements.
- Apply environmental and sustainable principles in compliance with regulations, standards and systems for example segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Apply planning, work scheduling and time management techniques to identify and agree production plan targets.
- Apply quality assurance procedures.
- Select, check and use hand and power tools.
- Complete documentation - paper based or digital. For example, job sheets, time sheets, risk assessments, method statements, equipment service records, handover documents, work sheets, checklists, incident reports, requisition sheets, quality records.
- Communicate and report in written form any issues against the production plan and contribute to the solutions.
- Obtain, monitor and rotate stock and supplies.
- CSC: Apply craft site first fix carpentry techniques and practices to install timber stud partitions with standard and non-standard (non–90 degree) turns.
- CSC: Apply craft site carpentry techniques and practices to install complex first fix elements: 1. fire door linings, 2. floor coverings with non-standard (non–90 degree) returns and 3. structural partitions.
- CSC: Apply craft site second fix carpentry techniques and practices to install double side hung doors with associated ironmongery and lining. Non-standard (non–90 degree) mouldings.
- CSC: Apply craft site carpentry techniques and practices to install complex second fix elements: 1. bespoke wall and floor units (commissioned order with features or like for like replacement), 2. worktops with masons mitre, 3. cornices and fitments, 4. spindles and handrails to stairs with turns, 5. fire doors. 6. service encasements with access panels, 7. non-standard (non-90 degree) door linings.
- CSC: Apply craft site carpentry techniques and practices to erect trussed or traditional roofs rafter roofs with hips, valleys and dormers.
- CSC: Form non-standard (non–90 degree) joints.
- CSC: Replace or repair carpentry work, for example, structural timbers doors, glazing, window frames and sills, mouldings, timber guttering and fixings or sash window cords.
- CAJ: Set out, mark out and form curved joinery products.
- CAJ: Form shaped wood working joints.
- CAJ: Set up and use CNC machinery to produce joinery products.
- CAJ: Apply craft architectural joinery techniques to manufacture and assemble a window frame with, curved head and non-standard (non–90 degree) window bars.
- CAJ: Apply craft architectural joinery techniques and practices to manufacture and assemble complex timber second fix products: 1. fire doors 2. shaped , non-standard doors 3. bespoke wall and floor units (commissioned order with features or like for like replacement).
- CAJ: Apply craft architectural joinery techniques and practices to manufacture and assemble complex timber first fix products: 1. staircases with turns 2. fire door linings, 3. bespoke windows with non-standard (non–90 degree) angles, 4. shaped, non-standard door linings.
- CAJ: Apply craft architectural techniques to create shaped work using specialist jigs and fixed machinery.
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Identify and use safety control equipment including RPE, dust suppression, PPE and LEV.
- Implement and monitor safe systems of work and control measures.
- Interpret and extract information using paper based or digital techniques from drawings, specifications and provide work instructions.
- Calculate resource and cost quantities from site measurements.
- Apply environmental and sustainable principles in compliance with regulations, standards and systems for example segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Apply planning, work scheduling and time management techniques to identify and agree production plan targets.
- Apply quality assurance procedures.
- Select, check and use hand and power tools.
- Complete documentation - paper based or digital. For example, job sheets, time sheets, risk assessments, method statements, equipment service records, handover documents, work sheets, checklists, incident reports, requisition sheets, quality records.
- Communicate and report in written form any issues against the production plan and contribute to the solutions.
- Obtain, monitor and rotate stock and supplies.
Training schedule
Advanced Standard in Carpentry. 1 day per week in college
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Other in:
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
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
A full, valid UK driving licence and access to your own car, as travel to various sites in the Cotswolds is required. Ideally, you will be local to Stroud or the surrounding areas, or able to reliably commute to our project sites.
About this employer
Statham Custom Cabins Ltd is a husband and wife team based in Stroud. We build high quality, bespoke wooden cabins and garden rooms for private clients in and around the Gloucestershire area.
After this apprenticeship
- Potential position upon completion of the apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
GLOUCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE
GC Employer Training and Apprenticeships
Apprenticeshipvacancies@gloscol.ac.uk
0345 155 2020
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348603.
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Closes in 23 days (Thursday 20 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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