Apprentice Joiner/Carpenter

GREEN ROOF PROPERTY LIMITED

Washington (NE38 8JJ)

Closes in 15 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 13 August 2025

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Summary

Level 2 Carpentry & Joinery Apprenticeship for an award-winning timber frame manufacturer, installer and construction company.

Wage

£14,133.60 a year

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Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Hours
7am until 4pm Monday to Thursday 7am until 12 (noon) Friday.

36 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 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

We are looking to recruit an Apprentice Joiner who will be based in the North East working on a range of bespoke residential and commercial primarily timber framed projects. The successful applicant will need to be keen, reliable and hardworking with a desire to complete the Carpentry and Joinery Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship, with a view to being considered for a Level 3 Carpentry and Joinery. To undertake on-site training alongside and under the supervision of a qualified mentor in all aspects of joinery work, including:

  • Timber frame kit panel assembly
  • Timber frame kit installation
  • 1st fix joinery elements
  • 2nd fix joinery elements
  • Use and maintenance of hand tools, power tools and associated equipment
  • Maintaining and keeping clean any allocated transport and equipment- if provided
  • General cleanliness and organisation of site material. This is not a complete statement of all duties and responsibilities of this post. The post holders may be required to carry out any other duties as directed by a supervising officer

Where you'll work

Unit 2, Swan Road
Swan Road Industrial Estate
Washington
NE38 8JJ

Training

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

Training provider

CITY OF SUNDERLAND 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

Level 2 Carpentry & Joinery.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English (grade 4-9)
  • Maths (grade 4-9)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Communication skills
  • Customer Care Skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Physical fitness
  • Team working

Other requirements

The majority of the work will be based on a construction site all year round, with some work in our factory based in Washington. This will be both external and internal work, depending on what stage the project is at.

About this employer

Green Roof Structures are an awarding company construction company which recently won the RIBA small project of the year 2024 for the North East region for our project The Raven at Hesleyside Huts. We are a main contractor providing a full turnkey solution on both residential and commercial project, with a particular specialism in timber frame structures and have a factory workshop in the Washington. We pride ourselves in working to minimise the impact new and existing structures and have a fabric first approach to all our projects.

After this apprenticeship

Candidates will be supported through a Level 2 Carpentry & Joinery and consideration for a Level 3 Carpentry & Joinery Apprenticeship. The candidate will be a valuable member of the construction site team with the prospect to excel and become part of the supervisory team for the right candidate after gaining adequate experience.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336956.

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Closes in 15 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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