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Join J Coffey as a Steel Fixing Apprentice and learn your trade on real projects, gaining hands-on experience, industry-recognised training, and the foundations for a long-term career in construction.
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 assembling and installing structural steel frames.
- Prepare materials, support lifting operations, bolt components, and follow strict safety procedures on active construction sites.
- You’ll learn to read drawings, work as part of a skilled team, and contribute to delivering high-quality reinforced concrete structures across J Coffey projects.
Where you'll work
93-95 Greenford Road
Harrow
HA1 3QF
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES
Training course
Steel fixer (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Protect others within the working vicinity through the use of barriers, signs, and bar protectors.
- Comply with industry regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare and maintain a safe working area.
- Move, lift, and handle materials.
- Work at height and use access and fall protection equipment.
- Interpret information from drawings and specifications.
- Plan order of works and carry out pre-work checks.
- Use and store hand tools and power tools.
- Apply processes and techniques to install a range of in-situ steel reinforcing structures, for example, columns, walls, pile caps, and slabs.
- Measure and mark out reinforcing steel.
- Cut and bend reinforcing steel.
- Produce and install supports, for example, L bars, U bars, splay bars, and chairs.
- Join and tie reinforcing steel.
- Use temporary construction bars.
- Install bracing within steel reinforcement.
- Communicate verbally with colleagues or customers using industry terminology.
- Complete post-build checks.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion legislative guidance and principles.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Follow environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Use processes and techniques to build reinforcing steel assembly with a: step, penetration, or upstand feature.
- Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
- Applies team working principles.
- Follow quality assurance procedures.
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Training schedule
As part of your apprenticeship, you’ll spend one day each week at college completing your formal training. This gives you the technical knowledge and qualifications you need, while the rest of your week is spent gaining real, hands-on experience on J Coffey project.
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Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Team working
About this employer
J Coffey is a leading, family-owned construction group delivering high-quality services across the UK. With specialist divisions spanning Construction, Rail, Plant & Logistics, we support clients through every stage of project delivery. Our reputation is built on craftsmanship, reliability, and a commitment to doing things the right way. As a growing business with a strong operational structure, we offer apprentices the chance to learn within a supportive, professional environment where no two days are the same.
http://www.jcoffey.com (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Potential progression to level 3.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000038317.
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