Apprentice Site Carpenter

T HAWKINS BUILDERS LIMITED

Apprenticeship Level 2
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About the Role

Excellent introduction to the carpentry and joinery industry with this multi skill builder operating within different client projects and environments. You will be ambitious to learn and eager to develop into a skilled site carpenter - having an increasing interest in a practical industrial focussed role within a busy and demanding schedule.

You will cover a wide range of creative joinery aspects from new kitchens, bathrooms to bedrooms, interiors and extensions

  • Carry out a range of job tasks including measuring, marking out, fitting, cutting, splicing, finishing, positioning and securing.

  • Install door and window frames, door and hatch linings, floor joist coverings, straight partitions and straight staircases.

  • Install doors, ironmongery, service encasements, wall and floor units and fitments, cladding and staircase components.

  • Erect inclined roofs with gables, joists, roof coverings and roof components.

  • Repair or replace frames, mouldings, doors, windows, door and window ironmongery, roofing components, guttering and downpipes and window components.

  • Use, maintain and store hand tools, power tools and associated equipment.

  • General Work – learning multiple skills across different disciplines, site housekeeping and maintenance

  • Adopt the role of onsite Health & Safety Ambassador 

Candidates will ensure they have sustainable transport to reach our pick up location in the Sheffield post code regions of S10 & S11
  • Sustained employment and further accredited training for the committed and eager to learn candidate with progression to advanced carpentry apprenticeship

About the Training

  • Apprentice Standard - Carpentry and Joinery – Site Pathway Level 2 qualification
  • Includes End Point Assessment
  • College attendance in 6 x 2 week blocks in each year (2 years) at Sheffield College City Campus PLUS continuous professional development with employer

About the Employer

Hawkins Builders is a construction company that prides itself in providing excellent service. It was established by Thomas Hawkins, a qualified primary school teacher and DIY enthusiast. Having struggled with unsatisfactory builders when completing work on his own home, he decided to start building his own extensions. He left teaching and pursued a career in building with the aim of providing others with the same level of quality and excellence that he put into his own home

Skills Required

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Training Provider

SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE

Course/Training

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

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