Fencing Installer Apprentice
AINSTY TIMBER MARKETING LTD
YORK (YO51 9HY)
Closes in 27 days (Thursday 11 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 14 August 2025
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Summary
This role is perfect for someone to learn a skilled trade and work outdoors. You will assist in the installation and maintenance of various types of fencing, gaining hands-on experience with tools, materials, and construction techniques. Full training will be provided, with opportunities to develop your skills and progress.
- Wage
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£19,448 a year
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We offer an hourly bonus of 50p after you pass probation. We also pay overtime at time and half.
- Training course
- Fencing installer (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 7.00am - 5.00pm.
Friday, 7.00am - 4.00pm.
Overtime is available over the weekends and night shifts.
44 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 20 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
- Carry out a range of fencing installations and repairs to all types of fencing, from agriculturalfencing to high security
- Prepare sites by setting out, measuring and marking lines
- Ensure health and safety policies and procedures are adhered to
- Completion of daily point of works risk assessments, plant & vehicle checks and allocation sheets
- Undertake general maintenance on small plant machinery and tools making sure all items are fit for purpose
Where you'll work
BELLWOOD HOUSE
MINSKIP ROAD
BOROUGHBRIDGE
YORK
YO51 9HY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
AJ'S TRAINING LTD
Training course
Fencing installer (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards (BS1722), and guidance
- Identify and use safety control equipment including RPE, dust suppression and PPE
- Comply with safe systems of work and control measures
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal
- Interpret and extract information using paper based or digital techniques from drawings, plans and specifications
- Select required resource for task
- Select and use hand-held tools
- Maintain safe working area
- Maintain and store hand tools
- Check, use and store power tools and mechanical plant
- Move, handle and store materials
- Locate and identify underground services to support fencing installation
- Establish fencing lines and levels
- Escalates issues and tasks
- Set out posts and fixings ready for fence installation
- Construct foundations ready for fence installation
- Identify faults and carry out a repair or reinstate defective or faulty fence: For example replacing damaged posts, infills or fence panels
- Applies team working principles to their own and the wider build team
- Complete documentation - paper based or digital for example fencing records, quality control, site records accident reporting and permits
- Communicate with others verbally, for example colleagues, other tradespeople, managers and customers
- Install fencing material
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards (BS1722), and guidance
- Identify and use safety control equipment including RPE, dust suppression and PPE
- Comply with safe systems of work and control measures
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal
- Interpret and extract information using paper based or digital techniques from drawings, plans and specifications
- Select required resource for task
- Select and use hand-held tools
- Maintain safe working area
- Maintain and store hand tools
- Check, use and store power tools and mechanical plant
- Move, handle and store materials
- Locate and identify underground services to support fencing installation
- Establish fencing lines and levels
- Escalates issues and tasks
- Set out posts and fixings ready for fence installation
- Construct foundations ready for fence installation
- Identify faults and carry out a repair or reinstate defective or faulty fence: For example replacing damaged posts, infills or fence panels
- Applies team working principles to their own and the wider build team
- Complete documentation - paper based or digital for example fencing records, quality control, site records accident reporting and permits
- Communicate with others verbally, for example colleagues, other tradespeople, managers and customers
- Install fencing material
Training schedule
Training will take place on site, in the office by experienced workers and managers. Training will be weekly.
More training information
You will be assessed, observed and taught on site by the training provider. ATM employees will also train you up and show you skills.
Requirements
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
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Driving license and own transport to get to the depot.
About this employer
We have around 105 permanent staff across the UK. We are one of the UK’s leading landscaping, highway maintenance, fencing and vegetation management/maintenance contractors.
http://www.atm-ltd.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
• Continuous training and career development • 20 days holiday increasing with length of service • Pension scheme • Company social events • Employee Assistant Programme • Birthday off • Free financial advice • Free counselling services
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Progress up to Skilled Fncer with the views of going in a team leader role.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
AINSTY TIMBER MARKETING LTD
Darcy Fox
darcy.fox@atm-ltd.co.uk
07971276260
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337366.
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Closes in 27 days (Thursday 11 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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