Apprentice bathroom installer
UNIQUE BATHROOM DESIGN LTD
Essex (SS7 5BL)
Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 20 October 2026
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Summary
Unique Bathroom Design is looking for an apprentice to join the team and learn the practical skills involved in professional bathroom installation and domestic plumbing. The apprentice will gain
hands-on experience on real bathroom projects while completing their training with Barking & Dagenham College.
- Wage
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£14,560 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8am-4pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 17 November 2026
- Duration
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4 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
- Assist experienced installers with complete domestic bathroom installations
- Assist with bathroom removals, preparation and setting up work areas
- Help install baths, showers, toilets, basins, taps, bathroom furniture and associated fittings
- Assist with domestic plumbing and basic plumbing alterations under supervision
- Learn safe and correct use of hand tools, power tools, materials and equipment
- Help prepare walls, floors and surrounding areas ready for installation
- Assist with basic repairs, fault finding and remedial work under supervision
- Keep work areas clean, tidy and safe, and protect customers' homes while work is taking place
- Communicate politely and professionally with customers, colleagues and other trades
- Follow company procedures, safe working practices and all relevant health and safety requirements
- Complete any job records or apprenticeship evidence required as part of the role and training programme
Where you'll work
Jotmans Farm
Benfleet
Essex
SS7 5BL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BARKING AND DAGENHAM COLLEGE
Training course
Property maintenance operative (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
- Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
- Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
- Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
- Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
- Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
- Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
- Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
- Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
- Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
- Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
- Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
- Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
- Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
- Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
- Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
- Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
- Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
- Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
- Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
- Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
- Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
- Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
- Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
- Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
- Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
- Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
- Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
- Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
- Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
- Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
- Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
Training schedule
The apprentice will attend Barking & Dagenham College, Rush Green Campus, 1 day a week.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
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
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- A genuine interest in learning a skilled trade and developing a career in bathroom installation and plumbing
- Reliable, punctual, practical and willing to learn from experienced members of the team
- Able to follow instructions, work respectfully in customers' homes and take pride in keeping the workplace tidy
- Committed to attending college and completing the required apprenticeship training
- Previous bathroom or plumbing experience is not essential
About this employer
At Unique Bathroom Design Limited, we specialise in bathroom installation in Essex. We offer a wide range of high-quality bathroom supplies, from showers and taps to baths, basins, and heated towel rails. As bathroom designer in Essex, we have years of experience installing and supplying bathrooms to both residential and commercial customers. Whether you want a full bathroom installation or just replacement bathroom parts, our professional team are on hand to help. Take a look at our bathroom services for more information. From your initial call, we will take care of everything. We take pride in providing a professional and affordable service.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Potential for continued employment with the company.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BARKING AND DAGENHAM COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000059795.
Apply now
Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 11:59pm)