Apprentice Site Joiner

The apprentice joiner position is with a family run portable cabin construction company. We build new cabins, refurbish old ones, and also refurbish modular buildings.

You will work in each of the different areas of the business working with both young and experienced joiners and other trades.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

Responsibilities

Depending on which team you are working with each day is completely different, you could be:

• Hanging doors
• Cutting in windows
• Installing doors
• Laying flooring
• Building walls frames
• Installing plaster boards
• Polyproing the outside of cabins
• Insulating floors and roofs
• Cutting out timber frames for new cabins
• Using various hand and power tools

The role is very diverse and varied and you will get a chance to cover all disciplines associated with building cabins as a joiner.

Requirements

• GCSE in: English (grade 3), Maths (grade 3)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

About York College Apprenticeship Team

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training Provider: YORK COLLEGE

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 and 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.