Scaffolding Apprenticeship

PREMIER SCAFFOLDING LIMITED

Stockport (SK12 1QT)

Closes in 21 days (Saturday 31 January 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 8 January 2026

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Summary

Scaffolding Apprentice, in the Poynton area. Applicant will be enrolled onto Scaffold apprenticeship programme.

• Wage:

  £15,311.40 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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  As per our apprenticeship programme.

• Training course: Scaffolder (level 2)
• Hours: Monday - Thursday, 8.00am - 4.30pm and Friday, 8.00am - 3.30pm

  39 hours a week

• Start date:

  Sunday 1 February 2026

• Duration:

  2 years

• Positions available:

  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

• Assist in Loading & unloading scaffolding materials
• Support qualified scaffolders with erecting scaffolding structures
• Support in dismantling & cleaning scaffold
• Follow Risk assesments & method statements
• Maintain a safe & tidy work area

Where you'll work

2 Chester Road
Poynton
Stockport
SK12 1QT

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

• Training will be undertaken with Total People at there Wythenshawe Campus
• Training is every 3-4 months 

More training information

• The training course is structered as per the Colleges training programme
• Each course is for 10 days
• 5 courses in total with a 2 day assessment at the end

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
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative
• Physical fitness

Other requirements

• We undertake a DBS check on all our operatives due to working on Schools etc.
• Working at height is also required

About this employer

Premier Scaffolding has been trading since 2005.

We have over 40 years of Scaffolding experience

http://www.premierscaffolding.ltd (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• Company Pension

After this apprenticeship

• Upon qualification you will need to gain experience in all aspects of Scaffolding erections
• This can lead to doing your Advanced Scaffolder course, Scaffolding Supervisor, Scaffold Inspector

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TOTAL PEOPLE LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000007508.

Apply now

Closes in 21 days (Saturday 31 January 2026 at 11:59pm)