Carpentry Apprenticeship

This apprenticeship provides hands-on training and practical experience for individuals starting a career in carpentry. Apprentices spend four days a month at Greenlight Training, developing essential skills and knowledge. The remainder of the month is spent on site.

Wage

• £16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
• National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

Training Course

• Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Hours

• Monday to Friday, working hours TBC.
• 40 hours a week

Start Date

• Monday 27 July 2026

Duration

• 2 years 3 months

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

• Assisting experienced carpenters with first and second-fix joinery on residential and commercial sites
• Learning to measure, cut, and shape timber and board materials accurately
• Maintaining a clean, safe, and organised workspace, adhering to all site health and safety regulations
• Learning the proper use and maintenance of hand and power tools
• Reading and interpreting technical drawings and blueprints

Where you'll work

• Guildhall
• High Street
• Bath
• BA1 5AW

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

Training Provider

• GREENLIGHT TRAINING LIMITED

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:
  • 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.