Carpentry Apprenticeship

AC Construction are looking for a hardworking, reliable and passionate Carpentry apprentice to join their experienced team in and around Plymouth. We are a very experienced company that has taken on many apprentices throughout the years, working to teach them new skills and develop the ones they already have.

Summary

• Wage: £16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
• Training: Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
• Hours: Monday - Friday between 8.00am - 4.00pm, shifts, may work evenings and weekends. 40 hours a week
• Start date: Sunday 1 November 2026
• Duration: 2 years
• Positions available: 2

Work

What you'll do at work

Level 2 Carpentry and Joinery Standard (Site) Construction Skills Health, Safety and Environment test - CSCS Test

As part of the apprenticeship programme, attendance is required at our Skills Group training centre for one day per week. All other aspects of the qualification will be delivered on-site by the employer

You will have regular visits every six to eight weeks from your designated Skills Group assessor, who will monitor your progress during your apprenticeship training

Whilst at the Skills Group training centre, you will learn the necessary skills and gain experience to help you throughout your role. Part of your training will be knowledge and theory-based, whilst the rest will be practical

Typical duties involve shaping and cutting materials, installing finished materials like partitions, doors, staircases, window frames, mouldings, timber floor coverings and erecting structural components such as floor joists and roofs. All work needs to be carried out safely, using the appropriate tools and to the quality specified

Where you'll work

2 Western Wood Way Langage Business Park, Plympton PL7 5BG

Training

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

Training provider

SKILLS TO GROUP LIMITED

Training course

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

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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: 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.