Shopfitting Apprentice

D S FRANCIS SHOPFITTERS LTD

LEICESTER (LE5 3LQ)

Closes on Friday 15 May 2026

Posted on 9 April 2026

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Summary

As an Apprentice Shop Fitter, you’ll work alongside our experienced and growing site team to learn and develop a wide range of practical skills within the shopfitting and interior construction trade. This hands-on role will give you experience in every stage of the fit-out process, from initial preparation through to the finishing touches.

Wage

£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Hours
In Leicester - 8am- 4.30pm On site - 8am to 8pm. Days to be confirmed. Monday to Friday.

40 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 July 2026

Duration

2 years

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

Your training and day-to-day tasks will include:

  • Site carpentry work, including door hanging, wall cladding, skirting boards, and stud partitions
  • Furniture and kitchen fitting, including units, counters, and display areas
  • Suspended ceiling installation, taping and jointing
  • Basic painting, decorating and finishing works
  • Floor laying and basic plumbing tasks
  • Working collaboratively as part of a growing site team
  • Maintaining site cleanliness and assisting in final clean-downs to ensure a professional finish for the client

Where you'll work

102 DUXBURY ROAD
LEICESTER
LE5 3LQ

Training

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

Training provider

LOUGHBOROUGH 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 Stephenson College in Coalville on a 1-week block release basis.  

  • On-the-job training 
  • Off-the-job training 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 2/E)
  • Maths (grade 2/E)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Basic carpentry knowledge
  • Hand tools experience
  • Power tools experience
  • Computer Literate
  • Enthusiastic
  • Willing to learn
  • Positive attitude

Other requirements

Due to this role requiring working away from home regularly, it is preferable for the candidates to be over the age of 18. Heavy lifting, long days. Need a positive work ethic and be able to deal with on-site culture. Need to be able to listen to instructions to get the projects done on time.

About this employer

102 Duxbury Road LE53LQ

Company benefits

10 days holiday to be taken at choice, 2 weeks off over Christmas and 1 week off at Easter due to company closure. £25 a night extra when working away to pay for meals, hotels are provided when working out of town. 

After this apprenticeship

Full-time position.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE

Apprenticeships Stephenson college

apprenticeships@loucoll.ac.uk

01530519001

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000024805.

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Closes on Friday 15 May 2026