Apprentice Window & Door Installer
MIKE MARTIN WINDOW SYSTEMS LTD
St. Columb (TR9 6RT)
Closes in 25 days (Sunday 2 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 8 October 2025
Contents
Summary
Mike Martin Window Systems Ltd have an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to join their experienced team of Installer, gaining a Level 2 apprenticeship in Fenestration Installer. The successful candidate will be mentored by an experienced team who will support individuals to become fully skilled & qualified in this industry.
- 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
- Fenestration installer (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday - 7.30am to 4.30pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 December 2025
- Duration
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1 year 7 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
On a day-to-day basis as an apprentice, you will be doing the following:
- Learn how to remove old & install new windows, doors & conservatories
- Use a variety of specialised tools to undertake all the projects including manual and power tools
- Site cleanliness
- Loading, unloading, and general labouring
- Site health and safety rules and regulations
- As an apprentice working in and around properties, you will have good customer service skills and a polite outlook
Where you'll work
Unit 2, Newquay Road Business Park
Newquay Road, St. Columb Road
St. Columb
TR9 6RT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
GLASS & FENESTRATION TRAINING SOLUTIONS LTD
Training course
Fenestration installer (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with Health and Safety regulations, standards and guidance.
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Comply with industry regulations, standards and guidance.
- Read, interpret, review risk assessments, implement control measures.
- Use traditional or digital written methods to communicate with others.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Plan order of works, carry out pre-installation checks.
- Prepare and maintain a safe working area.
- Select, check and use hand and power tools and equipment.
- Move, handle and store materials, including loading and unloading of vehicles.
- Identify, install and remove temporary support requirements.
- Remove existing fenestration products.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance, recycling and disposal.
- Read and interpret information from manufacturers guidance and other sources, for example from drawings, specifications, digital documents or work instructions.
- Prepare the frame for installation for example handles, hinges, locks, hardware, trickle vents or frame extensions.
- Position and fix the frame in the opening ensuring level, plumb and square.
- Position and install sashes.
- Position and install, glazing and any infill materials into the frame.
- Measure, cut, drill and fix trims.
- Apply external seals for moisture and air penetration. For example, wet sealants, tapes, membranes and any associated products.
- Interim inspection work and rectify or report any work that is incorrect or incomplete.
- Complete final inspections and workplace documentation.
- Complete a customer or site manager handover.
- Check and use working at height equipment for example steps, ladders, hop-ups, and podiums.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning opportunities and development activities.
- Carry out internal and external finishing for example making good any damage, priming, sealing, trimmings, mouldings, backer rod or foam, scribing, trimmings, flashings, perimeter pressings and cladding.
- Prepare openings for installation.
- Comply with Health and Safety regulations, standards and guidance.
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Comply with industry regulations, standards and guidance.
- Read, interpret, review risk assessments, implement control measures.
- Use traditional or digital written methods to communicate with others.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Plan order of works, carry out pre-installation checks.
- Prepare and maintain a safe working area.
- Select, check and use hand and power tools and equipment.
- Move, handle and store materials, including loading and unloading of vehicles.
- Identify, install and remove temporary support requirements.
- Remove existing fenestration products.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance, recycling and disposal.
- Read and interpret information from manufacturers guidance and other sources, for example from drawings, specifications, digital documents or work instructions.
- Prepare the frame for installation for example handles, hinges, locks, hardware, trickle vents or frame extensions.
- Position and fix the frame in the opening ensuring level, plumb and square.
- Position and install sashes.
- Position and install, glazing and any infill materials into the frame.
- Measure, cut, drill and fix trims.
- Apply external seals for moisture and air penetration. For example, wet sealants, tapes, membranes and any associated products.
- Interim inspection work and rectify or report any work that is incorrect or incomplete.
- Complete final inspections and workplace documentation.
- Complete a customer or site manager handover.
- Check and use working at height equipment for example steps, ladders, hop-ups, and podiums.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning opportunities and development activities.
- Carry out internal and external finishing for example making good any damage, priming, sealing, trimmings, mouldings, backer rod or foam, scribing, trimmings, flashings, perimeter pressings and cladding.
- Prepare openings for installation.
Training schedule
- Fenestration Installer Level 2
- All aspects of your training will be delivered on-site with your employer
- As an apprentice you will receive from your employer a set number of hours each week for your off the job training, this included as part of your working weekly hours. Off the job training is there to help with your learning and development of the knowledge, skills and behaviours as part of your apprenticeship standard. Majority of these hours will be spent on site with your mentor learning, along with having time set aside away from your normal day to day working environment for you to complete study time in which will help you with the completion of targets set by your assessor (e.g. workbooks, online learning, research, self-study). You will also have regular site visits every ten to twelve weeks from your designated assessor, who will monitor your progress throughout your apprenticeship programme
More training information
- GFTS Ltd. are specialists in qualifications for the Glass, Glazing and Fenestration Industries on a national scale. We pride ourselves on the quality of the training we deliver. At GFTS we emphasise the importance of a ‘Train, Gain & Retain’ attitude to the learning and make every effort to deliver industry recognised qualifications in an effective and bespoke manner. Although our industry specialty is in the delivery of Fenestration Training, our assessors are each skilled in their own specialist discipline
- This apprenticeship is a mentor led qualification based at site. As an apprentice you will learn all practical elements on site with your mentor which will help you develop your Skills and Behaviours as part of the apprenticeship standard
- There is no need for any college days, and no additional travel required. Our assessors are able to carry out classroom sessions, observations or site visits every 10-12 weeks to support you through the knowledge elements of the standard in small segments throughout the duration of the apprenticeship, in preparation for End Point Assessment (EPA). Everything for your apprenticeship will need to be completed within your working weekly hours each week in which you will spend a set number of hours per a week learning and studying towards your apprenticeship
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
A Level in:
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
- Customer care skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
• Please be aware we work outside as well as inside on our jobs as they demand, as such you may be out in the cold for long periods of time. The work can also be physically quite demanding so please consider this before applying. • Please note that interviews may take place before the vacancy close date and the successful applicant may start before the advertised start date.
About this employer
Established in 1986 by Mike Martin, we are a family-run business that specializes in the supply and installation of window and door systems throughout Cornwall. After 32 years as a sole trader, in 2018 we became a limited company and have gone from strength to strength without compromising or losing any of our family values. The management and daily running of the business remains a family concern with many family members proud to work within this trusted Cornish company. Now with a workforce of over 20 staff, Mike likes to now enjoy some well-deserved time behind the scenes whilst the team continue to look after the trusted Mike Martin name.
https://www.mikemartinwindows.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Staff events. Free parking.
After this apprenticeship
- Potential for the candidate to progress through the company and gain experience within all sectors. The main aim is to bring somebody into the team and for them to develop and become a key team member
- We are looking to invest our knowledge, skills, and time in the right person. This position has the potential to develop into a successful career for the right candidate with the position growing with the company
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
GLASS & FENESTRATION TRAINING SOLUTIONS LTD
Nick Trevenna
Nick@mikemartinwindows.co.uk
01726 861737
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344784.
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Closes in 25 days (Sunday 2 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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