Site Carpenter Apprenticeship
LJ CONSTRUCTION CARPENTRY CONTRACTORS LTD
Banbury, Burntwood, Coventry, Leamington Spa, Middleton Cheney, Milton Keynes, Wellingborough, Worcester
Closes in 29 days (Thursday 9 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 10 June 2026
Contents
Summary
A site carpentry apprenticeship with training taking place on a site close to your home! This includes a 4 week 'Site Ready' course before you enter the construction world! Last year we had over 500 applications, please don’t chase us for updates—we’ll reach out if you're through to stage 2.
- 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
- Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 7.30am - 4.00pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 October 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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10
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
- Main roof
- Joists
- First fix
- Second fix
- External doors
- Cladding
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Construction Site Near, Banbury, OX16 1JA
- Construction Site Near, Burntwood, WS7 9BN
- Construction Site Near, Coventry, CV6 4GY
- Construction Site Near, Leamington Spa, CV33 9BT
- Construction Site Near, Middleton Cheney, OX17 2PG
- Construction Site Near, Milton Keynes, MK10 9AH
- Construction Site Near, Wellingborough, NN29 7BU
- Construction Site Near, Worcester, WR5 3BB
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
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
- Attendance to Academy in Banbury for Initial 4 Week Site Ready Course
- A site near your home after that for the duration
- With block visits back to Banbury during the apprenticeship
Requirements
Desirable 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
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- Willingness to invest in Tools
- Willingness to begin learning to drive
About this employer
LJ Construction delivers best-in-class Carpentry Contracting services to the nation's largest house builders
After this apprenticeship
- Site Carpenter
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NHBC SERVICES LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000036408.
Apply now
Closes in 29 days (Thursday 9 July 2026 at 11:59pm)