Joinery Apprentice

WORLEGLASS & JOINERY LTD

WESTON SUPER MARE (BS22 6BX)

Closes in 14 days (Thursday 1 October 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 16 September 2026

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Summary

Start your career with Worle Glass & Joinery, learning how to manufacture high-quality timber windows, doors, and bespoke joinery products. Working alongside skilled craftspeople, you'll develop practical woodworking skills while gaining a nationally recognised qualification.

Wage

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

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm, with two 30 minute breaks.

40 hours a week

Start date

Friday 2 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

We are looking for an apprentice to join our experienced Joinery Team. This is a hands-on role where you will learn traditional and modern bench joinery techniques while contributing to the manufacture of high-quality windows, doors, frames, and bespoke joinery products.

Working alongside skilled craftspeople, you will develop the practical skills, technical knowledge, and professional behaviours needed to become a competent Joiner within a busy commercial workshop.

Throughout your apprenticeship, you will gain experience in:

  • Manufacturing timber windows and external doors
  • Producing bespoke architectural joinery products
  • Measuring, marking out, cutting, shaping and assembling timber components
  • Using a variety of hand tools, power tools, and woodworking machinery safely
  • Reading and interpreting technical drawings and customer specifications
  • Fitting ironmongery, hardware, glazing components, and finishes
  • Quality checking products to ensure they meet company and customer standards
  • Understanding timber types, materials, and production processes
  • Maintaining high standards of workshop housekeeping and health and safety
  • Working efficiently as part of a skilled manufacturing team

Where you'll work

UNIT 7
WORLE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
COKER ROAD
WESTON SUPER MARE
BS22 6BX

Training

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

Training provider

UNIVERSITY CENTRE SOMERSET COLLEGE GROUP

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.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C or above or equivalent)
  • Maths (grade 4/C or above or equivalent)

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
  • Presentation skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Patience

About this employer

Worle Glass and Joinery Ltd are a family run business and have been trading for 45 years.  We manufacture and fit all aspects of timber work including wooden windows/doors/conservatories/green oak glazing.  We also supply and fit all aspects of UPVC work including windows/doors/conservatories/glazing.

http://www.worleglassandjoineryltd.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

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

Potential for full time employment.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY CENTRE SOMERSET COLLEGE GROUP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000053638.

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Closes in 14 days (Thursday 1 October 2026 at 11:59pm)