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Ready to launch your career? Gain hands-on experience, practical skills, and real growth with a company that genuinely invests in you. Benchmark are looking for a motivated Joinery Apprentice to join their friendly, highly skilled team. Kickstart your future with us - apply today!
Wage
- £16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
- National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Potential overtime for the right candidate
Training course
- Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Hours
- Monday - Friday, hours to be confirmed with day release in college every week of term at North Notts College.
- 40 hours a week
Start date
- Tuesday 1 September 2026
Duration
- 2 years
Positions available
- 1
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
The apprentice will support teams that conduct a broad range of 1st, 2nd and final fix work that will include but not limited to:
- 1st fix: Roof timbers, floor joists, staircases, and partition frames
- 2nd fix: External & internal doors, window frames, skirting boards, cupboards, and shelving
- Final fix: Completing final adjustments, repairs, and touch-ups before a project is completed
You’ll learn side-by-side with experienced colleagues who are passionate about sharing their knowledge, giving you hands-on exposure to a wide range of tasks and a real understanding of how the whole business operates. With dedicated mentoring and support, you’ll build confidence, develop in-demand skills, and lay strong foundations for a long-term career.
If you’re motivated, eager to learn, and ready to take your first step into engineering with a supportive business, apply now. This opportunity at Benchmark will be highly sought after - don’t miss your chance to get started.
Where you'll work
30 CARLTON ROAD
WORKSOP
S80 1PH
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
- RNN GROUP
Training course
- Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
What you'll learn
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.
- Site carpenter: Apply first fix techniques and practices for: 1. structural carcassing (load bearing studwork), 2. straight timber or metal partition walls, 3. floor joists 4. floor joist coverings and 5. 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: 1. service encasement, 2. cladding 3. wall and floor units and fitments, 4. handrails and spindles to straight flights of stairs, 5. internal and external doors, 6. skirting boards and architrave, 7. 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: 1. straight staircases, 2. door frames and linings.
- Architectural joiner: Apply manufacture and assembly techniques for second fix products: 1. timber doors, 2. wall and floor units, 3. timber mouldings, 4. 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
- Carpentry and Joinery Level 2.
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The successful candidate will continue their studies with apprenticeship specialists, RNN Group at their Worksop campus on a day release format, giving you the training and support you need to become an all-rounded and successful Site Joiner.
Desirable qualifications
- GCSE in:
- Maths & English (grade A*-C/9-4)
- 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
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
- Construction experience is desirable but not essential.
- A flexible ‘can do’ attitude is essential.
- The ability to work well in a team environment.
- Working across sites around the UK with regular nights away the apprentice needs to have excellent team player skills.
- The ability to drive would be advantageous.
Benchmark Group Ltd. are a dynamic, growing group of businesses, powered by a dedicated team of talented professionals working across the UK. As the group has expanded, so has the range of skills and specialisms within it. The teams work closely together, bringing different strengths, perspectives and expertise to every partnership. That mix of people, ideas, and experience is what drives the quality, reliability and service Benchmark is known for. Benchmark Group have recently introduced an apprenticeship programme to support young people as they develop their skills, confidence and career paths. It’s an important step in nurturing the next generation of talent across the Benchmark Group and creating opportunities for those who want to learn, grow and contribute to our wider team.
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Advancement within the company framework and potential to undertake a Level 3 Advanced apprenticeship for the right candidate.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
- RNN GROUP
- Lorraine
- lorraine.savage@rnngoup.ac.uk
- 07713 319356
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000046277.
Closes in 15 days (Thursday 20 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
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