Scaffolding Apprentice
B B SCAFFOLDING SERVICES (NORTH WEST) LIMITED
Manchester (SK16 4PQ)
Closes on Friday 31 October 2025
Posted on 8 September 2025
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Summary
Ready to build your future from the ground up? Join BB Scaffolding as a Scaffolding Apprentice and kickstart your career with one of Manchester's most trusted scaffolding teams. You'll work alongside highly experienced scaffolders on a wide range of construction projects, gaining hands-on skills and industry knowledge.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Scaffolder (level 2)
- Hours
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40hrs, days and times to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 1 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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5
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
What You'll Be Doing Assisting in the erection and dismantling of scaffolding on various construction sites. Supporting the yard team in preparing and fulfilling material orders for site deliveries. Carrying out general housekeeping duties to maintain a safe and efficient working environment. Learning the ropes from seasoned professionals who are passionate about passing on their skills. Taking part in real-world projects that make a visible impact on the city skyline.
Where you'll work
Railway Street
Dukinfield
Manchester
SK16 4PQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TOTAL PEOPLE LIMITED
Training course
Scaffolder (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Follow procedures in line with health and safety regulations, standards, and scaffold guidance (quality).
- Comply with risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
- Inspect and select serviceable scaffold materials, components, and tools before use and escalate defects.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Carry, raise, lower, scaffold materials on a working platform.
- Move and store components tools and equipment.
- Install scaffold cantilevered structural components according to requirements of industry guidance and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Protect others within the working vicinity. For example, the public through signage, barriers.
- Install spurs and supports on cantilever sections.
- Select, space, and install the correct number of ties to restrain un-sheeted scaffolds to industry guidance and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Determine the component requirements for independent scaffolding.
- Organise materials to operate within the industry and manufacturers configurations and tolerances.
- Use lifting equipment safely to haul up scaffold components and equipment to working platform.
- Lay out materials, set out scaffolds to erect and dismantle scaffolds in a safe sequence.
- Inspect scaffolds prior to hand over.
- Use access and work at height equipment in accordance with training, relevant regulations and employer’s and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Erect and dismantle independent with cantilever section to a maximum height of 2m working platform.
- Erect and dismantle independent scaffolds, with features for example, towers, birdcages, chimney stacks, loading bays with or without beams, truss outs with beams, splays, and bridging sections with beams and gantry scaffolds.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Apply team working principles.
- Interpret information from drawings and specifications.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion guidelines.
- Follow procedures in line with health and safety regulations, standards, and scaffold guidance (quality).
- Comply with risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
- Inspect and select serviceable scaffold materials, components, and tools before use and escalate defects.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Carry, raise, lower, scaffold materials on a working platform.
- Move and store components tools and equipment.
- Install scaffold cantilevered structural components according to requirements of industry guidance and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Protect others within the working vicinity. For example, the public through signage, barriers.
- Install spurs and supports on cantilever sections.
- Select, space, and install the correct number of ties to restrain un-sheeted scaffolds to industry guidance and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Determine the component requirements for independent scaffolding.
- Organise materials to operate within the industry and manufacturers configurations and tolerances.
- Use lifting equipment safely to haul up scaffold components and equipment to working platform.
- Lay out materials, set out scaffolds to erect and dismantle scaffolds in a safe sequence.
- Inspect scaffolds prior to hand over.
- Use access and work at height equipment in accordance with training, relevant regulations and employer’s and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Erect and dismantle independent with cantilever section to a maximum height of 2m working platform.
- Erect and dismantle independent scaffolds, with features for example, towers, birdcages, chimney stacks, loading bays with or without beams, truss outs with beams, splays, and bridging sections with beams and gantry scaffolds.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Apply team working principles.
- Interpret information from drawings and specifications.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion guidelines.
Training schedule
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You'll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths (grade English (grade Level 2))
- Maths (grade Maths (grade Level 2))
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
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Team working
Other requirements
Health and safety is key. This is something that should also be at the front of your mind. The role will involve early mornings and heights.
About this employer
Scaffolding Services
After this apprenticeship
What You'll Gain? Hands-on training with experienced scaffolders. A clear career path in a high-demand trade. Overtime opportunities to boost your earnings. A supportive team environment where your growth matters. The chance to work on diverse sites? No two days are the same!
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TOTAL PEOPLE LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000340954.
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Closes on Friday 31 October 2025
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