Apprentice Joiner

BEN TIBBETTS BUILDING & JOINERY LIMITED

KENDAL (LA9 4RP)

Closes in 21 days (Thursday 1 October 2026)

Posted on 10 September 2026

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Summary

Ben Tibbetts Building & Joinery Ltd is looking for a hardworking, reliable and passionate Carpentry & Joinery Apprentice to join their experienced team in and around Kendal and South Lakes.

Wage

£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Depending on experience, pay may increase to £10.00 ph.

Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, shifts to be disclosed.

40 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 14 October 2026

Duration

2 years

Positions available

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

This will be a varied apprenticeship where you will be working on home extensions, renovations, property restoration, loft and garage conversions and more.

You will gain hands-on experience working on a wide variety of joinery tasks such as installing partitions, doors, window frames, mouldings, staircases, floor joists and roofs.

You will learn from experienced joiners while working towards a recognised qualification. You will spend four days on site and one day in college.

Where you'll work

11 UNION STREET
KENDAL
LA9 4RP

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE 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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

Level 2 Carpentry & Joinery Apprenticeship Programme:

  • Relevant training will be provided through Lancaster and Morecambe College
  • Functional Skills in maths and English may be required

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

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Team working
  • Reliable
  • Eager to learn
  • Hardworking

About this employer

Ben Tibbetts Building and Joinery Ltd is a Kendal-based building and joinery company, delivering high-quality construction, renovation and joinery services for residential and commercial projects across Kendal and the South Lakes.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

On successful completion of the apprenticeship you may be considered for a permanent role within the company.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE COLLEGE

Charlie Helme

c.helme@lmc.ac.uk

01524 521483

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000052691.

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Closes in 21 days (Thursday 1 October 2026)

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.