Apprentice Carpenter
C W DUKE & SONS LTD
Bristol (BS2 9AP)
Closes in 30 days (Friday 26 June 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 May 2026
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Summary
We are looking for hard working, enthusiastic candidates to join our team as an apprentice carpenter. We will support you through NVQ 2 & 3 stages of site carpentry. You will be work within a dedicated team of tradespeople and will have a dedicated trades mentor to help you through your training.
- Wage
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£16,224 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Discretionary bonus payments are made in recognition of hard work and good attitude.
- Training course
- Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday,8.00am - 4.30pm and Friday, 8.00am - 3.30pm
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 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
Your working week will see you working alongside your trades mentor in numerous different situations and environments. Whilst our primary focus is to successfully guide you through your training as an apprentice site carpenter, as we are a general builder you will be exposed to a varied life on our sites.
We will ensure that you are well supervised and able to work safely at all times. You will be provided with a professional uniform and personal protective equipment.
Your progress throughout your apprenticeship will be monitored by our construction director who will remain in contact with your college and site assessors.
Where you'll work
53 Newfoundland Circus
Bristol
BS2 9AP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY OF BRISTOL 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
What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?
- Carpentry and Joinery (Joinery & Site) Level 2
- Using timber products to create and install building components.
- City of Bristol College (Advanced Construction Skills Centre)
- Day Release
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Self-discipline
Other requirements
- Holidays- 21 days plus public holidays per year
- Uniform- a company uniform will be provided
- Tools- the company will provide a basic tool kit and will help with additional equipment where necessary.
- Environment- Construction industry involves working outdoors or in unheated buildings during adverse conditions.
- Manual labour can be strenuous, it involves lifting heavy objects safely, cleaning up and generally mucking in to get jobs completed.
About this employer
CW Duke has been an established building contractor in Bristol since 1960, we have an reputation for quality, reliability and professionalism which is underpinned by the quality of the people we employ.
We work for large organisations in the South West, including the University of Bristol, Royal United Hospital Bath, Mall at Cribbs Causeway, Santander Bank, and numerous large property/ pension funds.
After this apprenticeship
- Full time continuing employee will be available following successful apprenticeships
- Continued industry training will be offered throughout the career
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE
Business Partnership Onboarding Team
apprentice@cityofbristol.ac.uk
01173125250
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000032476.
Apply now
Closes in 30 days (Friday 26 June 2026 at 11:59pm)