Apprentice Site Joiner
BRITCAB LTD
YORK (YO61 1SR)
Closes in 31 days (Saturday 1 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 June 2026
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Summary
The apprentice joiner position is with a family run portable cabin construction company. We build new cabins, refurbish old ones, and also refurbish modular buildings.
You will work in each of the different areas of the business working with both young and experienced joiners and other trades.
- Wage
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£18,720 a year
- Training course
- Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday, 8.00am to 4.00pm.
Friday, 7.00am to 3.15pm.
40 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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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
Depending on which team you are working with each day is completely different, you could be:
- Hanging doors
- Cutting in windows
- Installing doors
- Laying flooring
- Building walls frames
- Installing plaster boards
- Polyproing the outside of cabins
- Insulating floors and roofs
- Cutting out timber frames for new cabins
- Using various hand and power tools
The role is very diverse and varied and you will get a chance to cover all disciplines associated with building cabins as a joiner.
Where you'll work
MOOR LANE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
THOLTHORPE
YORK
YO61 1SR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
YORK 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
Site Carpentry apprentices attend College on block release (approximately one week per month) and work for their employer for the rest of the time. If required Functional Skills are delivered as a separate block release.
More training information
If you do not have grade 4 or above in English and Maths and you are aged 18 or under at the start of your apprenticeship, you will be required to work towards Level 2 Functional Skills in these subjects.
Continual assessment will take place throughout the duration of the apprenticeship. If required, Functional Skills are assessed through on-line tests.
The End-Point Assessment (EPA) will comprise of:
- 12-hour practical test over 2 days
- 60-minute interview based on your portfolio of evidence
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 3)
- Maths (grade 3)
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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Willingness to listen & learn
About this employer
Britcab are the industry experts in tailor-made portable and modular buildings.
From stand-alone cabins to state-of-the-art buildings and everything in between, we are proud to provide prompt, flexible and value-for-money solutions. This means our expertise is on hand from quotation through to installation and beyond, with a promise to deliver your project on time and within budget.
https://ukcabins.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
28 days annual holidays including bank holidays
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
To stay with the company and gain experience in all the areas of building cabins and have a long-term future with us.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
YORK COLLEGE
York College Apprenticeship Team
apprenticeships@yorkcollege.ac.uk
01904 770368
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039157.
Apply now
Closes in 31 days (Saturday 1 August 2026 at 11:59pm)