Apprentice Joiner
J. MURPHY & SONS LIMITED
Ollerton (NG22 9PZ)
Closes in 17 days (Monday 9 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 19 February 2026
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Summary
As an Apprentice Joiner, you will learn how to carry out essential joinery tasks to prepare and maintain modular buildings used on construction sites. Working in a busy depot workshop, you’ll focus on “first fit” activities such as installing doors, windows, kitchen units and internal fixtures.
- Wage
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£21,216 a year
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The annual salary is based on an hourly rate of £10.20 per hour
- Training course
- Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday-Friday - 8hrs per day.
Hours will be discussed at interview
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
A Day in the Life of an Apprentice Joiner
• Measuring, cutting, and assembling timber components for modular buildings.
• Installing doors, windows, kitchen units and internal fittings during first-fit stages.
• Repairing and maintaining joinery elements in site accommodation units.
• Assisting with layout and preparation of modular buildings in the workshop.
• Using hand tools and power tools safely and effectively.
• Supporting senior joiners with complex joinery tasks and quality checks.
Skills You Will Learn
• Core joinery techniques including measuring, marking, cutting, and fixing.
• Installation of doors, windows, kitchen units and internal fixtures in modular units.
• Safe use and maintenance of hand tools and power tools.
• Understanding of drawings and specifications.
• Problem-solving and attention to detail in joinery work.
• Health and safety practices in a workshop environment.
Where you'll work
Rushcliffe House
Newark Road
Ollerton
NG22 9PZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Identify and use safety control equipment, for example, RPE, dust suppression, PPE and LEV.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with industry regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare and maintain a safe working area.
- Interpret and use information from drawings and specifications.
- Estimate required materials and produce a cutting list.
- Verbally communicate with others, applying construction terminology.
- Select, use and store hand tools.
- Select, use and store power tools.
- Maintain and sharpen hand tools.
- Produce jigs.
- Identifies well-being support available to self and others.
- Site carpenter: Apply first fix techniques and practices for: 1. structural carcassing (load bearing studwork), 2. straight timber or metal partition walls, 3. floor joists 4. floor joist coverings and 5. straight flights of stairs.
- Site carpenter: Install structural fixings.
- Site carpenter: Size timber from sizing tables.
- Site carpenter: Apply site second fix techniques and practices for: 1. service encasement, 2. cladding 3. wall and floor units and fitments, 4. handrails and spindles to straight flights of stairs, 5. internal and external doors, 6. skirting boards and architrave, 7. window boards.
- Site carpenter: Apply site carpenter techniques and practices to construction of rafter roofs, including trussed (prefabricated) and traditional (built on site) including the construction of verge, eaves and fitting loft access.
- Site carpenter: Use and store laser levels for example cross line laser.
- Site carpenter: Form connections, for example, using joints, nails, screws, bolts and adhesive.
- Site carpenter: Apply measuring, marking out, cutting (square and angled), mitring, hinging and recessing techniques.
- Site carpenter: Carrying out splicing and scribing techniques.
- Architectural joiner: Produce setting out details, including setting rods, and mark out for timber products.
- Architectural joiner: Produce basic woodworking joints including dovetail, bridal, mortise and tenon and halving.
- Architectural joiner: Form connections using dowels, biscuit, staples and adhesives.
- Architectural joiner: Apply techniques and practices to the manufacture and assembly of a timber window with casement including glazing rebates and associated ironmongery.
- Architectural joiner: Apply manufacture and assembly techniques for first fix products: 1. straight staircases, 2. door frames and linings.
- Architectural joiner: Apply manufacture and assembly techniques for second fix products: 1. timber doors, 2. wall and floor units, 3. timber mouldings, 4. staircase spindles and balustrades.
- Architectural joiner: Fit ironmongery including door locks, door handles, door hinges, latches and draw runners.
- Architectural joiner: Inspect, prepare and operate fixed machinery.
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Identify and use safety control equipment, for example, RPE, dust suppression, PPE and LEV.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with industry regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare and maintain a safe working area.
- Interpret and use information from drawings and specifications.
- Estimate required materials and produce a cutting list.
- Verbally communicate with others, applying construction terminology.
- Select, use and store hand tools.
- Select, use and store power tools.
- Maintain and sharpen hand tools.
- Produce jigs.
- Identifies well-being support available to self and others.
Training schedule
You will work with expert assessors and tutors to develop new knowledge, skills and behaviours within the profession.
You will experience a blended learning model.
This programme is delivered via a day release delivery model which means that one day per week, your attendance is required at our Construction Campus. This attendance is required during term time only.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
Murphy is a leading international, multi-disciplined engineering and construction company founded in 1951 that improves life by delivering World class infrastructure. Operating the UK, Ireland and North America Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors incl transportation, water, power and natural resources. They also have a number of related business - ground engineering, utility connections, Murphy Plant, Murphy Process Engineering, Pipeline testing, specialist welding services and electrical services. Murphy employs more than 4,300 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the World. Together they work as "One Murphy" by directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. There's more to Murphy.
After this apprenticeship
Upon successful completion of your apprenticeship there may be additional learning opportunities via apprenticeships with this employer. Please view their website www.murphygroup.com to see the wealth of opportunities available.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000016767.
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Closes in 17 days (Monday 9 March 2026 at 11:59pm)