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Love being outdoors? Not afraid of heights? Want to learn a trade, gain qualifications, and be part of a great team — all whilst learning and working?
Connect Scaffolding have got exciting opportunities for Apprentice Scaffolders to join our teams in Bishop's Stortford and the surrounding areas.
Wage: £26,312 a year. Your wage will increase as you go through your training, dependent on performance.
Training course: Scaffolder (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 3:30pm. Overtime may be offered at weekends. 40 hours a week
Start date: Monday 1 February 2027
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 4
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work:
- Manual handling
- Working in a team to help erect and dismantle scaffolding
- Adhere to health & safety guidelines on-site
- Learn on-the-job and become qualified
Where you'll work: Hadham Park, Hadham Road, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 1JH
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider: CITB
Training course: Scaffolder (level 2)
What you'll learn:
- Course contents: Follow procedures in line with health and safety regulations, standards, and scaffold guidance (quality). Comply with risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work. Inspect and select serviceable scaffold materials, components, and tools before use and escalate defects. Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal. Carry, raise, lower, scaffold materials on a working platform. Move and store components tools and equipment. Install scaffold cantilevered structural components according to requirements of industry guidance and manufacturer’s instructions. Protect others within the working vicinity. For example, the public through signage, barriers. Install spurs and supports on cantilever sections. Select, space, and install the correct number of ties to restrain un-sheeted scaffolds to industry guidance and manufacturer’s instructions. Determine the component requirements for independent scaffolding. Organise materials to operate within the industry and manufacturers configurations and tolerances. Use lifting equipment safely to haul up scaffold components and equipment to working platform. Lay out materials, set out scaffolds to erect and dismantle scaffolds in a safe sequence. Inspect scaffolds prior to hand over. Use access and work at height equipment in accordance with training, relevant regulations and employer’s and manufacturer’s instructions. Erect and dismantle independent with cantilever section to a maximum height of 2m working platform. Erect and dismantle independent scaffolds, with features for example, towers, birdcages, chimney stacks, loading bays with or without beams, truss outs with beams, splays, and bridging sections with beams and gantry scaffolds. Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers. Apply team working principles. Interpret information from drawings and specifications. Follow equity, diversity and inclusion guidelines.
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Training schedule: Training takes place at the National Construction College, either at Bircham Newton or Erith. You will go to college on block release, which will be for 2 weeks every 3-4 months. You will stay Monday - Friday both weeks and will have accommodation provided whilst at college, as well as all food paid for, and travel contributed to.
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More training information: Scaffolder Level 2. The training course is split into 6 blocks and takes roughly 18 months to complete.
Essential qualifications: GCSE in English (grade 4) and 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: Organisation skills, Team working, Initiative, Physical fitness.
Other requirements: It’s important to remember before applying for this role that being a scaffolder is a physically demanding job which has to be done in all weather conditions, so we’re looking for people who enjoy working hard, work well in a team and have a positive and respectful attitude come rain or shine! Please note, you will need to be 18 years old to apply due to H&S restrictions and due to our location it is essential that you drive.
Connect Scaffolding is an award winning access and scaffolding contractor operating across London and the South East. We are proud to work with many of the UK's leading businesses and have experienced specialist teams operating across a wide range of industries including Construction, Aviation, Asbestos removal, Refurbishment, Restoration of Historic buildings, Manufacturing and Industrial. We have been ranked in the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the country for 2026.
After this apprenticeship: Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. You will become a qualified Scaffolder, which could take you down many different career paths, including to Site Supervisor or Manager level, or into Commercial, Design etc.
Ask a question: The contact for this apprenticeship is: CONNECT SCAFFOLDING LIMITED, Emma Lunnun, careers@connectscaffolding.co.uk, 01279 210901. The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000020644.
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