Carpentry Apprentice

WATES PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED

London (SW2 1EG)

Closes in 26 days (Tuesday 10 March 2026)

Posted on 11 February 2026

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Summary

Our Carpentry & Joinery Apprenticeship offers the chance to gain practical experience, learn from skilled professionals, and achieve a nationally recognised qualification while contributing to meaningful projects.

Wage

£16,685.50 to £26,984.10, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm

42 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 3 August 2026

Duration

2 years 6 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

  • Assisting with the construction, installation, and repair of wooden structures, fittings, and furniture
  • Learning to read and interpret technical drawings and plans
  • Using a variety of hand and power tools safely under supervision
  • Working with the team to ensure projects are completed to high standards and agreed timelines
  • Following health and safety guidelines and company policies on-site and in the workshop
  • Creating door frames and hanging doors
  • Fitting hinges and installing window frames and floor joists
  • Boxing in pipework
  • Measuring, marking out, cutting, finishing, positioning, and securing wood
  • Safely storing materials to prevent damage

Where you'll work

Civic Centre
6 Brixton Hill
London
SW2 1EG

Training

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

Training provider

MULTI TRADES TRAINING LTD

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

  • An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation
  • At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English & Maths (grade 4/C and above)

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Good time management
  • Can meet work deadlines

Other requirements

Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

About this employer

The Wates Group, established in 1897, is one of the leading privately-owned construction, residential development, and property services businesses in the UK. We employ approximately 3,600 people and work with a wide range of public and private sector customers and partners.

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

After this apprenticeship

  • There are many different routes within Wates after successful completion
  • Wates offer a wide range of career progression opportunities including further qualifications on completion of the apprenticeship
  • The right candidate could move into a permanent role, and we have a Trainee Management programme

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MULTI TRADES TRAINING LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000008073.

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Closes in 26 days (Tuesday 10 March 2026)

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