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Are you practical, hands-on, and interested in learning a skilled trade?
This is an exciting opportunity to start your career as an Apprentice Carpenter, gaining valuable on-site experience while working towards a nationally recognised qualification.
Working alongside experienced carpenters and joiners, you'll develop the skills and knowledge needed to become a qualified tradesperson within the construction industry.
What You'll Do
As an Apprentice Carpenter, you will support qualified tradespeople with a range of carpentry and joinery tasks, including:
- Preparing, cutting, shaping, assembling, and installing timber components.
- Assisting with the construction, repair, and maintenance of timber structures such as doors, floors, walls, windows, staircases, partitions, and roofing elements.
- Measuring and marking out materials using hand and power tools under supervision.
- Loading, unloading, and organising tools, materials, and equipment safely.
- Working alongside other trades, including electricians and plumbers, to ensure projects are completed to a high standard.
- Following health and safety procedures and maintaining high housekeeping standards on site.
- Attending college and completing apprenticeship assessments and coursework.
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
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.
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Site carpenter: Apply first fix techniques and practices for:
- structural carcassing (load bearing studwork)
- straight timber or metal partition walls
- floor joists
- floor joist coverings
- 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:
- service encasement
- cladding
- wall and floor units and fitments
- handrails and spindles to straight flights of stairs
- internal and external doors
- skirting boards and architrave
- 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: Applying 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.
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Architectural joiner: Apply manufacture and assembly techniques for first fix products:
- straight staircases
- door frames and linings
Architectural joiner: Apply manufacture and assembly techniques for second fix products:
- timber doors
- wall and floor units
- timber mouldings
- 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.
Training
You will receive structured on-the-job training alongside experienced professionals while studying towards your apprenticeship qualification.
This combination of practical experience and classroom learning will help you build the skills required for a successful career in carpentry.
You will attend the Oaklands College St Albans 1 day a week.
GCSE in:
- English (grade Level 2-9)
- Maths (grade Level 2-9)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
JP Carpentry Solutions manage and complete high quality workmanship covering all aspects of carpentry and have an ever growing reputation in providing highly skilled, respected Carpenters and Site Managers.
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, there may be opportunities to progress into a permanent carpentry position and continue developing within the construction industry.
If you're ready to learn a valuable trade and build a rewarding career in construction, we'd love to hear from you. 🚀
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