Apprentice Joinery Fitter

Summary

We are looking to appoint a trainee to join our friendly in-house fitting team. Ideally candidates should have GCSE grades 4/C and above in Maths and English, be enthusiastic and enjoy working as part of a team Hours: 39hrs per week (Monday to Friday). Occasional Saturday mornings.

Wage

£15,311.40 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 5.00pm.

39 hours a week

Start date

Monday 21 July 2025

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

Fitters are required to fit our bespoke interior products all over the UK. Candidates will be requested to travel and potentially work away. The ideal candidate will work as part of our internal fitting team and attend College to attain their level 2 and 3 in Joinery. Candidates will be rotated between the workshop and fitting teams to ensure a full understanding in production and fitting is achieved.

Fitter - What will you learn with us and at college?

Health, safety and welfare in construction and associated industries.
Knowledge of construction technology.
Prepare and use carpentry and joinery power tools.
Understanding of information, quantities and communication with others.
Carry out 1st fixing of floors, stairs, and roofs (site joinery)
Draw and set out joinery items (Bench Joinery)

Where you'll work

GREENPARK BUSINESS CENTRE
GOOSE LANE
SUTTON ON THE FOREST
YORK
YO61 1ET

Training

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

College or training organisation

YORK COLLEGE

Your 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, 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.

Your training plan

Training will be in house and at a college of your choice.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 4 and above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Patience

Other requirements

This role will involve working in our workshop and on site. You will be working with different trades in different environments in different locations in Yorkshire.

About this company

We are a family run business. We have approx. 40 staff spread over two companies which include our sister company 'Peter Thompson of York'. We are well known in Yorkshire for producing some of the country’s finest interiors.

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

After this apprenticeship

We would hope that the candidate would continue onto Level 3. After completion of apprenticeship progression is available to team leader and foreman.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

PETER THOMPSON JOINERY LTD

Helen Thompson

helen@ptoy.co.uk

01347812027

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319217.

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