Joinery Apprentice

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is keen and motivated to achieve a career in Carpentry and Joinery with a well-respected employer Kingston Modular Systems Ltd. A key skill for this vacancy would be someone who is willing to learn and a good work ethic, in return would become a valuable member of our team.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Pay reviewed regularly

Training course

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Hours

Monday - Thursday 7am - 4pm Friday 7am - 12pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 4 August 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

2

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

Main duties would be to assist one of our team in the day to day duties in the joinery trade you will be working on both modular buildings and lodges working to a high spec.

Duties will include:

• 1st fix joinery
• 2nd fix joinery
• 3rd fix joinery
• Roofing
• Window fitting
• Hand tools
• Joints
• Frames
• Stud walls

Where you'll work

45B STOCKHOLM ROAD
HULL
HU7 0XW

Training

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

College or training organisation

HULL 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 (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.

Your training plan

You will work alongside timed served skilled joiners learning the trade while working towards your apprenticeship where you will attend Hull College one day a week.

More training information

Hull College will deliver the Apprenticeship Standard Carpentry and Joinery Level 2.

Functional skills in maths and English if required.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade A* - D or 3 - 9)
Maths (grade A* - D or 3 - 9)

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
Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

About this company

At Kingston Modular Systems Hull we are committed to providing you with the building to suit your needs and budget. With over 150 years of experience the team has delivered high profile projects across a range of industries. From our factory in Hull East Yorkshire we design, create and build a range of factory manufactured buildings from leisure lodges to operating theatres. Using the skills and experience of our team, we’re able to deliver the exact needs of our clients no matter the scope of their project.

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After this apprenticeship

For the right candidate there could be a role to progress through the company and/orthe Level 3 Advanced Carpentry and Joinery and become a key member of the team.

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