Building and Maintenance Apprentice
THE WORLD OF GLASS (ST HELENS) LTD
MERSEYSIDE (WA10 1BX)
Closes on Friday 26 June 2026
Posted on 29 April 2026
Contents
Summary
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We are looking for a motivated and reliable Building & Maintenance Apprentice to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is keen to begin a career in the construction and maintenance industry. You will work alongside experienced tradespeople, learning a wide range skills.
- Wage
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£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8.30 – 5 pm (1 day per week spent in college, day to be determined)
Flexible hours may be required, including weekends and evenings, depending business need.
1 hour unpaid lunchbreak per day.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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2 years 3 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
Key Responsibilities -
As a Building & Maintenance Apprentice, your duties will include:
- Assisting with day-to-day building and property maintenance tasks
- Learning and supporting basic trade skills including: Carpentry and joinery, Plumbing repairs, Plastering and patch repairs, Painting and decorating
- Carrying out minor repairs and refurbishment works
- Supporting planned and reactive maintenance activities
- Safely using tools, equipment, and materials under supervision
- Ensuring work areas are kept clean, tidy, and safe
- Following health & safety procedures at all times
- Attending college or training sessions as required
completing all coursework, assessments, and apprenticeship requirements - Providing good customer service when working in occupied properties
Where you'll work
CHALON WAY EAST
ST HELENS
MERSEYSIDE
WA10 1BX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ST HELENS COLLEGE
Training course
Property maintenance operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
- Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
- Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
- Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
- Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
- Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
- Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
- Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
- Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
- Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
- Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
- Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
- Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
- Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
- Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
- Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
- Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
- Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
- Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
- Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
- Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
- Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
- Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
- Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
- Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
- Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
- Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
- Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
- Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
- Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
- Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
- Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
Training schedule
- Apprentice will attend St Helens College (Stem Centre) for a minimum 6 hours per week during term time
- Work towards Maths and English functional skills if required
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- Design & Technology (grade A-C or 4-9)
- Maths and English (grade A-C or 4-9)
- Science (grade A-C or 4-9 or equivalent)
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
- Customer care skills
- Physical fitness
- Interest in maintenance
- Willingness to Learn
- Stong work ethic
Other requirements
- A full or provisional UK driving licence
- Interest in pursuing a long-term career in the construction or maintenance sector
- An interest in Museums and Art Galleries, and a desire to help create opportunities for visitors and the local community to engage with The World of Glass.
About this employer
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The World of Glass (TWOG) has been a visitor attraction in St Helens for 26 years. Opened in March 2000 as a groundbreaking Millennium project, the site houses nationally significant glass collections and St Helens Council’s social and industrial history collections, alongside a library, galleries, community spaces, meeting rooms, café, shop and live glass blowing demonstrations. The site also includes one of the finest examples of a regenerative furnace in England, the Grade II* listed Tank House No. 9, a Scheduled Monument.
The museum welcomes over 90,000 visitors annually from all over the world and is an important cultural and community hub for the residents of St Helens.
After this apprenticeship
- Successful completion may lead to permanent employment
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ST HELENS COLLEGE
Carolyn Mason
appenquiry@sthelens.ac.uk
01744623521
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000028856.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 26 June 2026