Apprentice Joiner
CLARKE GOUGH JOINERY LTD
Manchester (M4 6BD)
Closes in 24 days (Sunday 29 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 February 2026
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Summary
Clarke Gough is seeking a motivated Apprentice Joiner to learn a full range of joinery skills while working on real projects with skilled professionals. We will support your development throughout the apprenticeship with the aim of progressing you into a full-time joiner role after training.
- 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 between 7:00 – 17:00.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 August 2026
- 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
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with preparing, cutting and assembling materials in the workshop
- Support fitting and installation work on site
- Help organise tools and materials
- Follow health and safety procedures
- Work on national projects that may require overnight stays(When working away, hotels, meal allowance, and out-of-town payment will be made)
Where you'll work
Unit 106
George Leigh Street
Manchester
M4 6BD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SALFORD CITY 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
You will attend City Skills College one day a week.
Requirements
Essential 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
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Creative
- Physical fitness
- Keen to Learn
- Enthusiastic
- Good Hand Eye Coordination
- Good Time Keeping skills
Other requirements
Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive enough applications.
About this employer
Established by two Manchester based joiners in 2000, Clarke Gough have built a craftsman’s passion into a successful practice. As Clarke Gough has grown we maintain the passion for excellence and the personal touch and are proud to showcase our extensive portfolio of iconic and unique project for a variety of bespoke businesses.
As bespoke joinery manufacturers and shop fitters, our clients want to create a complete space or feature that encompasses their business vision making them stand out from the crowd and we passionately share this approach and work alongside our clients to deliver the best. Our clients work with us to create a working environment, retail, bar or leisure space that sets them apart from the others.
After this apprenticeship
We are committed to supporting your development throughout the apprenticeship and our aim is to progress the successful candidate into a full-time joiner position with Clarke Gough once training is completed.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SALFORD CITY COLLEGE
Mary Takhar
mary.takhar@salfordcc.ac.uk
01616315555
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000018281.
Apply now
Closes in 24 days (Sunday 29 March 2026 at 11:59pm)