Apprentice in Window & Door Fabrication
PRECISION FABRICATIONS ANDOVER LTD
ANDOVER (SP10 5AZ)
Closes on Friday 27 February 2026
Posted on 13 January 2026
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Summary
- Precision Fabrications Andover has an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to join their experienced team of fabricators, gaining a Level 2 apprenticeship in Fenestration Fabricator.
- 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 fabricator (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday 7am to 4pm (2x 15 mins paid) half hour unpaid lunch break, Friday – 7am to 1pm (15 mins paid break at 11am).
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 March 2026
- Duration
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3 years 4 months
- Positions available
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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
On a day-to-day basis as an apprentice, you will be doing the following:
- Working independently or as part of a team.
- Following fabrication/assembly manuals from set out to completion.
- Learning how to fabricate to the specifications set out by our various system suppliers.
- Learn techniques to enable you to fabricate the product to a high standard that meets our client’s requirements.
- General housekeeping & work area cleanliness.
- Loading, unloading, and general labouring.
- Health & Safety rules and regulations.
- Picking & packing of materials/finished products.
- Fitting of glazing bead, gasket, EPDM.
- Application of protective material to Metal.
- Working alongside skilled fabricators to learn the processes involved in the fabrication of windows, doors and curtain walling.
- Crimping/ Mechanically fixing metal profiles.
- Gearing of windows/doors.
- Operating a variety of machinery to aid in fabrication, CNC, Punches, End miller ETC.
Where you'll work
UNIT 9
NORTH WAY
ANDOVER
SP10 5AZ
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 fabricator (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with industry regulations, standards and guidance.
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Prepare and maintain a safe working area and restore on completion of work.
- Perform machinery checks for example crimper and welder.
- Comply with Health and Safety regulations, standards and guidance.
- Interpret, safe systems of work, review risk assessments and implement control measures.
- Apply manual and mechanical handling techniques to handle and position products.
- Select the type and quantity of materials and components.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use digital and written methods to communicate with others.
- Select, check and use hand and power tools, equipment and machinery.
- Read and interpret information from work documents and other sources, for example drawings, specifications, digital documents, work instructions or manufacturer's guidance.
- Plan order of works. Manage time and tasks to meet project deadlines.
- Measure, mark and drill materials.
- Escalate defects, faults or issues.
- Assemble and join fabrication materials including checking square.
- Select and fix ancillary items and beading to products.
- Carry out interim and final inspection for example, size, shape, design and ancillary items.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance, recycling and disposal.
- Complete handover process.
- Comply with industry regulations, standards and guidance.
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Prepare and maintain a safe working area and restore on completion of work.
- Perform machinery checks for example crimper and welder.
- Comply with Health and Safety regulations, standards and guidance.
- Interpret, safe systems of work, review risk assessments and implement control measures.
- Apply manual and mechanical handling techniques to handle and position products.
- Select the type and quantity of materials and components.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use digital and written methods to communicate with others.
- Select, check and use hand and power tools, equipment and machinery.
- Read and interpret information from work documents and other sources, for example drawings, specifications, digital documents, work instructions or manufacturer's guidance.
- Plan order of works. Manage time and tasks to meet project deadlines.
- Measure, mark and drill materials.
- Escalate defects, faults or issues.
- Assemble and join fabrication materials including checking square.
- Select and fix ancillary items and beading to products.
- Carry out interim and final inspection for example, size, shape, design and ancillary items.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance, recycling and disposal.
- Complete handover process.
Training schedule
- 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 is 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. The 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 program.
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 learning and make every effort to deliver industry-recognised qualifications in an effective and bespoke manner. Although our industry speciality 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 on 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:
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
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- Please note that interviews may take place before the vacancy closing date and the successful applicant may start before the advertised start date.
About this employer
At Precision Fabrications Andover we offer bespoke metal pressings and curtain wall, door & window fabrication service for all aspects of cladding and glazing works. This include cills, reveals, folded and flat panels, bespoke brackets, and general pressings, all for use on building facades. With the company continuing to move forward in a fast-paced direction and growing with new projects, developments and investment in new machinery, helping us take on new larger commercial projects.
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
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000006343.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 27 February 2026