Timber Frame Installer Apprenticeship
MINT CONSTRUCTION (BEDFORD) LIMITED
Recruiting nationally
Closes in 10 days (Friday 24 April 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 14 April 2026
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Summary
Are you ready to kick-start your career in construction and learn a highly valued trade? We're looking for motivated and hands-on Timber Frame Installer Apprentices to join our team this June
- Wage
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£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Construction assembly and installation operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday-Friday - 7.30am-4.30pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 June 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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5
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
- Survey, position, fit, level and fix soleplates according to specifications and drawings.
- Erect timber frame panels to create walls on-site
- Install and lay cassette floor decks and/or install floor joists
- Erect timber roof structures and components, in situ roofs and pre-assembled roof structures
- Install air tightness, damp-proofing, membranes, fire stops and cavity barriers
Where you'll work
Positions available in:
Bedford
Diss
Maidstone
Gravesend
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NHBC SERVICES LIMITED
Training course
Construction assembly and installation operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Identify and apply safe working practices in accordance with current legislation, health, safety and welfare regulations, Approved Codes of Practice, company guidance, site specific requirements and taking account of changing circumstances.
- Plan and undertake work practices productively.
- Identify and apply safe use, storage and maintenance of hand tools, power tools and ancillary equipment.
- Identify and apply safe working techniques when manual handling, working at height and using access equipment and plant such as – fall prevention systems e.g. fall arrest, restraint and access systems, harnesses and scaffold.
- Identify and apply safe working techniques when slinging and signalling the movement of loads.
- Apply different materials for load bearing and non-load bearing purposes according to design and specifications.
- Install and remove temporary works e.g. protection, formwork, propping, bracing and access ramps in accordance with schemes of work.
- Assemble, position and install manufactured components such as structural elements, flooring units, stairs, pods, modules and cladding.
- Complete post installation checks to ensure compliance with specification.
- Interpret information for drawings and specifications in various types and formats including digital e.g. Building Information Modelling and Personal Digital Assistant models
- Measure, mark, align, position and set out lines, starter rails and/or dowel bars according to drawings and specifications.
- Identify and select components according to material identification marks and construction sequence.
- Install temporary protection, propping and bracing according to drawings and specifications.
- Assemble components in accordance with specification and drawings including move, measure, align, fit, level, plumb, position and secure.
- Use appropriate materials and fixings in accordance with drawings, specifications and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Apply finishing products to specified quality standard.
- Measure, mark, align, position and secure soleplates according to drawings and specifications
- Identify and select components according to material identification marks.
- Assemble timber frame wall panels including move, measure, mark out, align, fit, level, plumb, finish, position and secure.
- Install floor systems according to drawings and specifications including cassettes, joists and combination systems.
- Erect roof structure carcassing components according to drawings and specifications e.g. false chimneys, hips and valleys, verges and eaves, parapet finishes.
- Form roof openings according to drawings and specifications e.g. hatches, dormers, roof lights and vents.
- Install ancillary items according to drawings and specifications e.g. membranes, damp proof courses, vapour barriers, fire stops and cavity barriers.
- Prepare relocatable modular or portable buildings for loading onto transport vehicles, and assist in securing for travel, in line with supplied lift plan and method statements; e.g. temporary stability panels, temporary seals, and covers.
- Commission, operate and decommission powered units, machinery and equipment specific to the relocatable modular and portable building operations e.g. pumps, generators, compressors, pressure washers and lighting sets.
- Disassemble relocatable modular and portable buildings according to specification including link-way connections, staircases and access ramps.
- Demonstrate product to a customer, completing all paperwork for pre-delivery inspection, handover documentation and after hire inspection reports.
- Complete maintenance on relocatable modular and portable buildings including replacement and repair of interior and exterior systems using carpentry, electrical, inspection, plumbing and painting skills.
- Interpret survey information supplied. Measure, mark, align, position and set out lines, ground-cleats, anchorages and modular landing grids according to drawings and specifications.
- Identify and select components according to material identification marks, unique identification numbers, references and construction-installation sequence.
- Install temporary protection, and utilise the specified mounted safety equipment according to drawings and specifications.
- Assemble and record components in accordance with specifications, sequence and drawings including landing, securing, activating retaining components, positional accuracy and securing using specified fixings and methods.
- Use weatherproofing and external inter-modular fire stopping materials and fixings in accordance with drawings, specifications, manufacturer’s instructions and regulatory compliance.
- Select, pre-form, assemble and install internal inter-modular service connections in accordance with drawings, specifications, manufacturer’s instructions and regulatory compliance.
- Carry out and record validation testing of connected services upon installation and connection, in accordance and alignment with the applicable standards and regulations.
- Select, pre-form, assemble and install internal inter-modular fire stopping and internal building fabric- finishing components and materials in accordance with drawings, specifications, manufacturer’s instructions and regulatory compliance.
- Apply finishing products to quality standard in accordance with drawings and project specifications.
- Identify and apply safe working practices in accordance with current legislation, health, safety and welfare regulations, Approved Codes of Practice, company guidance, site specific requirements and taking account of changing circumstances.
- Plan and undertake work practices productively.
- Identify and apply safe use, storage and maintenance of hand tools, power tools and ancillary equipment.
- Identify and apply safe working techniques when manual handling, working at height and using access equipment and plant such as – fall prevention systems e.g. fall arrest, restraint and access systems, harnesses and scaffold.
- Identify and apply safe working techniques when slinging and signalling the movement of loads.
- Apply different materials for load bearing and non-load bearing purposes according to design and specifications.
- Install and remove temporary works e.g. protection, formwork, propping, bracing and access ramps in accordance with schemes of work.
- Assemble, position and install manufactured components such as structural elements, flooring units, stairs, pods, modules and cladding.
- Complete post installation checks to ensure compliance with specification.
- Interpret information for drawings and specifications in various types and formats including digital e.g. Building Information Modelling and Personal Digital Assistant models
Training schedule
Training on various sites and block release @ NHBC Training Hub, Lichfield.
Block release will consist of a two-week block at the beginning, six single weeks throughout the program and a two-week block at the end.
Requirements
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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- Being comfortable with working at height
- Valid clean driving licence
- Access to own transport
- Willingness to travel
About this employer
We are a Bedford‑based construction firm specializing in structural timber installation and commercial building projects. We bring over 30 years of industry experience, delivering high‑quality, cost‑effective, and sustainable building solutions across multiple sectors
After this apprenticeship
Once qualified, you can look to move up the career lead and even progress to become a Team Leader and look after your own team.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NHBC SERVICES LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000025617.
Apply now
Closes in 10 days (Friday 24 April 2026 at 11:59pm)