Apprentice Joiner

This Carpentry and joinery Apprenticeship is on the Joinery pathway.

If you are interested in working with wood but would like a different approach to site work, being based in a Industrial workshop, equipped with industrial machinery, working on bespoke projects and building wood products for customers.

What you'll do

Workshop based role, duties include:

• Responsible for health and safety.
• Understanding drawings, Measuring and marking out.
• Cutting, smoothing and shaping wood.
• Using a variety of hand tools and power tools.
• Using a variety of industrial workshop machinery.
• Producing wood components to specification.
• Understanding different materials and their applications.
• Learning different techniques for joining wood.
• Finishing wood products.
• Assembling component's based on drawings.
• Creating bespoke projects for customers including: doors, windows, garden rooms, staircases, gates, furniture, facades both domestic and commercial.
• Consulting with architects, contractors, designers and surveyors.
• Producing products for use in: Universities, schools, hospitals and listed buildings.

Training

The apprenticeship will be day release. This means 80% of your week will be spent on-the-job and off-the-job training will follow the time allocations outlined in the Occupational Standard.

The Learning consists of college sessions, job shadowing, research and assignments. You will be required to compile evidence in a portfolio. The apprenticeship is followed by an End Point Assessment which includes observations, knowledge assessment's and a professional discussion.

Travel will be required to and from college on a regular basis.

After the apprenticeship

Full-time employment is an option for the right candidate.

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Problem solving skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Initiative
• Patience
• Practical ability

Qualifications

• Desired: GCSE, English (grade 4)
• Desired: GCSE, Maths (grade 4)

Things to consider

Need to be able to travel to workshop.

Confidence around large loud machinery.

About the employer

TrAC Futures is a DfE approved Flexi Job Apprenticeship Agency who will employ you for the duration of the apprenticeship and pay your salary. You should be aware that you will be placed with a host employer but you will not be employed by them. Your placement may change during the course of your apprenticeship but TrAC will employ you throughout, as well as continuing to support you into employment or further learning at the end of your apprenticeship.

Apprenticeship details

• Course: Carpentry and joinery (level 2), Construction and the built environment
• Apprenticeship level: Intermediate (level 2)
• Training provider: EAST COAST COLLEGE
• Expected duration: 2 Years
• Hours: 37.5 hours a week. Working week: Standard working week of 37.5 hours. Monday to Friday. Hours discussed at interview.
• Start date: 1 November 2026
• Positions available: 1
• Wage: £15,600 to £24,784.50 a year