Apprentice Site Carpenter

Summary

Ideally need to be able to drive and have access to a vehicle. Benefit from over 160 years of construction experience by joining our close-knit Special Projects team, working on an exciting range of projects. We have a great deal of experience employing apprentices. You’ll follow a structured programme, working alongside our experienced carpenters.

Wage

£23,920 a year

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Wages are reviewed in July each year.

Training course

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Hours

7:30am – 4:30 pm with 30 minutes for lunch (Or 7:30am – 4:00pm if under 18) 42.5 hrs a week if 18 or over.

40 hours a week

Start date

Friday 29 August 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

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

Assisting and learning from qualified carpenters in a variety of carpentry tasks, including but not limited to:

Studwork
Cut Roofs
Dormer Windows
Timber Joists
Cladding
Joinery installation
Internal and external doors
Refurbishment of listed windows & doors
Staircases
Skirtings and architraves

Where you'll work

Thomas House
Langford Locks
Kidlington
OX5 1HR

Training

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

College or training organisation

ABINGDON AND WITNEY 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

This training plan 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:

5 GCSEs (or equivalent), including English and Mat (grade Grade C/4 or 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
Ideally need to drive
Enthusiastic about carpentry
Driver

Other requirements

Ideally need to be able to drive and have access to a vehicle. The job will involve working outdoors and sometimes getting dirty. If you do not drive you must have a reliable means of getting to sites on time each day.

About this company

EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION Tell us about your company Established in 1868, Kingerlee has been providing high-quality buildings in Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties for five generations. We are a family firm with great values and a forward-thinking, energetic approach. We have a passion for construction and thrive on high quality, challenging projects. Kingerlee Special Projects work primarily alongside architects and surveyors on contracts ranging between £5000 and £2 million in value, within a 40-mile radius of Oxford. Our Special Projects division is dedicated to constructing custom designed structures, large refurbishment and extensions and the meticulous repair and renovation of listed and historic buildings.

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Company benefits

Benefits include: 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays + additional days for long service 6% employer pension contribution (4% employee) Private medical insurance Employee Assistance Programme Life assurance at 4 x salary

After this apprenticeship

Our apprentice carpenters typically go on to complete their Level 3 site carpentry apprenticeship at Kingerlee and then work for us as qualified site carpenters, with opportunities to progress to site supervisor and beyond. You may also be able to take a Level 4 apprenticeship with us, for example in site management.

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