Carpentry Apprentice
Apex Building Services
WESTON SUPER MARE (BS23 2YF)
Closes in 17 days (Monday 3 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 16 July 2026
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Summary
Kick-start your career in carpentry with a friendly local business specialising in domestic projects. As a Carpentry Apprentice, you'll learn valuable trade skills while working on home improvements, repairs and bespoke woodwork. This hands-on role is ideal for someone practical, motivated and eager to build a successful career in carpentry.
- Wage
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£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm, with 30 minute lunch break.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
This is a fantastic opportunity to start a career in carpentry with a local business that undertakes a wide range of domestic projects. No two days are the same, offering plenty of variety and the chance to develop practical skills across different aspects of the trade. You'll gain hands-on experience working on home improvement and renovation projects while learning from skilled colleagues in a supportive environment.
Daily duties to include:
- Assisting with a variety of carpentry and home improvement projects
- Measuring, cutting and fitting timber materials
- Installing plasterboard to stud walls
- Supporting roofing carpentry work, including roof structures and repairs
- Assisting with kitchen fitting and installation
- Hanging and fitting internal and external doors
- Using and maintaining hand and power tools safely
- Keeping work areas clean, organised and safe
- Loading, unloading and preparing materials for jobs
- Working both independently and as part of a team on domestic properties
This varied role is ideal for someone practical, hardworking and keen to learn a range of carpentry skills.
Where you'll work
59 ASHCOMBE PARK ROAD
WESTON SUPER MARE
BS23 2YF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Training course
Carpentry and joinery (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 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 be pursuing a Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard in Carpentry and Joinery, through Weston College
- As part of this programme, you will attend Weston College once a week, for workshops
- An assessor will conduct on-site observations to evaluate your progress, as well as supporting you in college throughout your apprenticeship
- At the conclusion of your programme, your qualification will be assessed through an Apprenticeship Assessment
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C or above)
- Maths (grade 4/C or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
- Positive attitude
- Good work ethic
- Practical learner
Other requirements
You must be able to reliably travel to the team meeting point in BS23 2YF each morning. From there, the team will travel together to the work location, ensuring arrival for an 8:00am start each day.
About this employer
With over 30 years’ experience, Apex Building Services has developed an enviable reputation in the Weston, Clevedon, Portishead and Bristol areas for good workmanship and reliability. Taking pride in their work and paying attention to detail, our team strives to complete projects to the highest standards possible - all contributing to attain our goal of making Apex the “talk-to first” building company in Bristol and the surrounding areas.
Over time, we have developed an enviable reputation in the refurbishment of older period properties, not only in the sympathetic restoration of original features, but also in the treatment of problems such as rising damp, wood infestation and crumbling masonry.
We are delighted that some of our existing relationships have spanned three generations and look forward to developing more long-term customer relationships in the future – we are also pleased to say that a large part of our new business originates from recommendations from existing customers.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Following successful completion of the apprenticeship, a permanent position with the company would be available for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Chloe Webb
chloe.webb@weston.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039913.
Apply now
Closes in 17 days (Monday 3 August 2026 at 11:59pm)