Apprentice Joiner

First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) is looking for an enthusiastic Apprentice Joiner to join our Property Care Team. This is an exciting opportunity to gain a recognised Level 2 Carpentry & Joinery qualification through Oldham College whilst working alongside experienced tradespeople maintaining and improving our homes.

Wage: £15,392 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

Training course: Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Hours: Monday to Friday 37 hours a week

Start date: Monday 7 September 2026

Duration: 2 years

Positions available: 2

What you'll do at work

This is an exciting opportunity to gain a recognised Level 2 Carpentry & Joinery qualification through Oldham College whilst working alongside experienced tradespeople maintaining and improving our homes. At FCHO we're passionate about investing in local talent and helping people build rewarding careers. Many of our apprentices progress into permanent skilled trade positions, with opportunities to continue developing throughout their career.

Working alongside experienced joiners and other trades, every day will be different and you'll gain experience across a wide variety of joinery work.

You'll learn how to:

• Fit kitchens, doors, skirting boards and architraves
• Repair and replace flooring
• Carry out first and second fix joinery
• Install locks and ironmongery
• Measure, mark out and cut timber accurately
• Use hand and power tools safely
• Read drawings and job specifications
• Work with other trades including plumbers, electricians and plasterers
• Maintain high standards of health and safety
• Deliver excellent customer service

As your confidence and skills develop, you'll take on more responsibility under the guidance of experienced colleagues

Where you'll work

22 Union Street
Oldham
Greater Manchester
OL1 1BE

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

Training provider
THE OLDHAM COLLEGE

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.