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Carpentry Apprentice
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join Dandara as a Carpentry Apprentice. This apprenticeship offers the chance to gain hands-on experience on live construction sites while working alongside skilled carpenters and construction professionals.
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 with the installation of timber components on construction sites. Learn how to safely use hand and power tools.
- Measure, mark, cut, shape, and fit timber and other materials. Assist with the installation of doors, frames, skirting boards, staircases, flooring, and roofing components.
- Read and interpret technical drawings and specifications. Support first-fix and second-fix carpentry activities.
- Maintain tools, equipment, and work areas. Follow health, safety, and environmental regulations at all times. Work collaboratively with site managers, supervisors, and other trades.
- Attend training sessions and complete apprenticeship coursework and assessments.
Where you'll work
Dandara House
Snowdon Drive
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK6 1BP
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE
Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
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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.
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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.
- Install structural fixings.
- Size timber from sizing tables.
- 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.
- 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.
- Use and store laser levels for example cross line laser.
- Form connections, for example, using joints, nails, screws, bolts and adhesive.
- Apply measuring, marking out, cutting (square and angled), mitring, hinging and recessing techniques.
- Carrying out splicing and scribing techniques.
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- Produce setting out details, including setting rods, and mark out for timber products.
- Produce basic woodworking joints including dovetail, bridal, mortise and tenon and halving.
- Form connections using dowels, biscuit, staples and adhesives.
- Apply techniques and practices to the manufacture and assembly of a timber window with casement including glazing rebates and associated ironmongery.
- Apply manufacture and assembly techniques for first fix products: 1. straight staircases, 2. door frames and linings.
- 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.
- Fit ironmongery including door locks, door handles, door hinges, latches and draw runners.
- Inspect, prepare and operate fixed machinery.
Training schedule
Site carpentry apprenticeship standard qualification.
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- Maths (grade 9-4)
- English (grade 9-4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Other requirements
Due to site locations and limited public transport options, having your own transport and a full driving licence (or working towards one) is highly desirable. This role involves working outdoors in all weather conditions and can be physically demanding.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
This role provides an excellent foundation for a long-term career within the construction industry, with opportunities to develop specialist skills, take on increased responsibilities.
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