Construction in Glazing Apprentice

Understanding basic construction regulations, installation and removal of glazing, building work, ventilation and damp knowledge, safety regulations, stock check, and waste management.

Great teamwork is an integral part of the role.

Requirements

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Creative skills
• Ability to share other relevant qualifications and industry experience (apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect prior knowledge)

Responsibilities

• Understand RAMS on site
• Communicate with clients and team members
• Perform stock takes
• Prepare glazing for installation
• Uninstall existing glazing
• Reinstall replacement glazing
• Clean the work site
• Learn about building work, bricklaying, and sealants
• Dress and finish glazing installations
• Work towards glazing qualification
• Identify and apply safe working practices in accordance with current legislation, health, safety, and welfare regulations, Approved Codes of Practice, company guidance, and site-specific requirements, taking account of changing circumstances.
• Plan and undertake work practices productively.
• Identify and apply safe use, storage, and maintenance of hand tools, power tools, and ancillary equipment.
• Identify and apply safe working techniques when manual handling, working at height, and using access equipment and plant such as fall prevention systems (e.g., fall arrest, restraint, and access systems, harnesses, and scaffold).
• Identify and apply safe working techniques when slinging and signalling the movement of loads.
• Apply different materials for load-bearing and non-load-bearing purposes according to design and specifications.
• Install and remove temporary works (e.g., protection, formwork, propping, bracing, and access ramps) in accordance with schemes of work.
• Assemble, position, and install manufactured components such as structural elements, flooring units, stairs, pods, modules, and cladding.
• Complete post-installation checks to ensure compliance with specifications.
• Interpret information from drawings and specifications in various types and formats, including digital (e.g., Building Information Modelling and Personal Digital Assistant models).
• Measure, mark, align, position, and set out lines, starter rails, and/or dowel bars according to drawings and specifications.
• Identify and select components according to material identification marks and construction sequence.
• Install temporary protection, propping, and bracing according to drawings and specifications.
• Assemble components in accordance with specifications and drawings, including moving, measuring, aligning, fitting, levelling, plumbing, positioning, and securing.
• Use appropriate materials and fixings in accordance with drawings, specifications, and manufacturer’s instructions.
• Apply finishing products to a specified quality standard.
• Measure, mark, align, position, and secure soleplates according to drawings and specifications.
• Identify and select components according to material identification marks.
• Assemble timber frame wall panels, including moving, measuring, marking out, aligning, fitting, levelling, plumbing, finishing, positioning, and securing.
• Install floor systems according to drawings and specifications, including cassettes, joists, and combination systems.
• Erect roof structure carcassing components according to drawings and specifications (e.g., false chimneys, hips and valleys, verges and eaves, parapet finishes).
• Form roof openings according to drawings and specifications (e.g., hatches, dormers, roof lights, and vents).
• Install ancillary items according to drawings and specifications (e.g., membranes, damp proof courses, vapour barriers, fire stops, and cavity barriers).
• Prepare relocatable modular or portable buildings for loading onto transport vehicles, and assist in securing for travel, in line with supplied lift plan and method statements (e.g., temporary stability panels, temporary seals, and covers).
• Commission, operate, and decommission powered units, machinery, and equipment specific to relocatable modular and portable building operations (e.g., pumps, generators, compressors, pressure washers, and lighting sets).
• Disassemble relocatable modular and portable buildings according to specification, including link-way connections, staircases, and access ramps.
• Demonstrate products to a customer, completing all paperwork for pre-delivery inspection, handover documentation, and after-hire inspection reports.
• Complete maintenance on relocatable modular and portable buildings, including replacement and repair of interior and exterior systems using carpentry, electrical, inspection, plumbing, and painting skills.
• Interpret survey information supplied.
• Measure, mark, align, position, and set out lines, ground-cleats, anchorages, and modular landing grids according to drawings and specifications.
• Identify and select components according to material identification marks, unique identification numbers, references, and construction-installation sequence.
• Install temporary protection and utilise the specified mounted safety equipment according to drawings and specifications.
• Assemble and record components in accordance with specifications, sequence, and drawings, including landing, securing, activating retaining components, positional accuracy, and securing using specified fixings and methods.
• Use weatherproofing and external inter-modular fire-stopping materials and fixings in accordance with drawings, specifications, manufacturer’s instructions, and regulatory compliance.
• Select, pre-form, assemble, and install internal inter-modular service connections in accordance with drawings, specifications, manufacturer’s instructions, and regulatory compliance.
• Carry out and record validation testing of connected services upon installation and connection in accordance with and alignment with applicable standards and regulations.
• Select, pre-form, assemble, and install internal inter-modular fire-stopping and internal building fabric finishing components and materials in accordance with drawings, specifications, manufacturer’s instructions, and regulatory compliance.
• Apply finishing products to a quality standard in accordance with drawings and project specifications.