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Apprentice Fire Door Joiner
HORBURY PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
Rotherham (S60 2AF)
Wage
£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Training
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, typically 8.00am to 5.00pm
Start date
Monday 2 November 2026
Duration
2 years
Positions available
1
Summary
To support the maintenance, repair, and installation of building components under supervision, with a focus on developing core carpentry skills. The role will involve assisting with fire safety-related works, including fire door maintenance, repairs, and basic fire stopping, while working towards recognised qualifications.
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 carrying out maintenance and installation works under supervision, developing skills in line with approved competency levels, company policies, procedures, legislation, third party accreditations, and industry good practice.
- Support the recording of completed or surveyed work using the electronic systems provided, ensuring systems are updated regularly and, as a minimum, daily.
- Work collaboratively with other site trades and internal group companies, developing effective communication skills and maintaining positive working relationships.
- Assist in ensuring the efficient use of materials, and support the safe and secure storage of materials on site.
- Contribute to maintaining accurate van stock schedules.
- Follow all local site safety rules and guidance at all times.
- Attend and actively participate in inductions, site meetings, toolbox talks, training sessions, and company meetings as part of ongoing development.
- Adhere to all health, safety and environment processes and procedures within the Safety Management Systems, developing a proactive approach to compliance.
- Support the completion of required paperwork and electronic records in a timely and legible manner.
- With support and guidance, begin to develop the skills required to undertake installation and repair work, including assisting with coordination of materials and labour.
- Work towards achieving personal development goals and performance measures set by the line manager and training provider.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and demonstrate a willingness to learn and develop.
- Maintain a professional, friendly, and customer-focused approach at all times.
- Attend college as required under the apprentice training plan
- Complete any required paperwork / electronic systems timely and legibly
- Undertake any other duties appropriate to the level of the apprenticeship role, supporting learning and development.
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Training
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Training provider
SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE
Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
What you'll learn
- 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:
- 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: 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:
- 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.
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Training schedule
4 x 2 week block release at Sheffield College City Campus
Requirements
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in: English and Maths (grade 3/D and above)
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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- A full UK driving licence (or can clearly demonstrate a plan to obtain one) is required for this role.
- Ability to use hand tools and basic level battery tools (e.g. Drill).
- Ability to listen, comprehend and action instructions.
- Understanding of basic construction methods and industry.
- Experience and willingness of working out of normal hours.
- Experience of similar role (either through employment or work experience).
About this employer
We are an established Group of integrated construction based companies operating throughout the mainland UK, providing construction solutions to developers, building owners and main contractors. https://www.horburygroup.com
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay. Upon satisfactory completion of the apprenticeship there is the potential of full-time employment (subject to role availability).
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is: SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE
Laura Eaton
laura.eaton@sheffcol.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000056545.
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