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We offer the Architectural Joiner Level 2 and Level 3 Apprenticeships, and the Site Carpenter Level 2 and Level 3 Apprenticeships.
As a Carpenter and Joiner, you will work with building materials to create and install building components. You could work in either the new build or refurbishment sector, working to bring life back into old properties or create new homes.
Through our apprenticeships you can train to go down two different routes: either training to become a site carpenter, installing building components; or an architectural joiner, producing building components.
Thinking about starting an apprenticeship? Hear from Archie and Niamh, two Level 2 Carpentry apprentices at Benfield & Loxley, as they share their experiences of learning on the job.
From developing practical skills and working alongside experienced tradespeople to competing in skills competitions and taking on exciting projects, they explain why an apprenticeship has been the right choice for them.
Discover how combining hands-on site experience with one day a week at college has helped them build confidence, gain valuable industry knowledge, and work towards a rewarding career in construction.
As a Carpenter and Joiner apprentice you will learn how to create and install building components.
This typically involves shaping and cutting materials, installing finished materials like partitions, doors, staircases, window frames, moldings, timber floor coverings, and erecting structural components such as floor joists and roofs.
As you develop your practical skills, you will also learn how to work safely, understanding the key principles of health and safety required for the job.
You will be taught how to effectively work in a team, concisely communicate, and plan to undertake work productively, interpreting information from drawings and specifications.
Once trained, you will have the skills and knowledge to work in either a workshop or on a construction site.
Julian works as a joiner for Evolution Sport, he is part of the production team, that produce hospitality unit suites from scratch.
Tell us about your role at Evolution Sport?
"All the units that we make are custom made. I help build all the units, bars, seating areas and the walls from scratch, we just have the raw materials. Once I have built the product it then has to be packed up into a box which is custom made and then shipped to the country the team is racing in."
What do you enjoy most about working at Evolution Sport?
“It’s a nice environment to be in and I am doing work that you have never seen before, you are seeing something that is being put together and it’s exciting to see how things turn out. It’s a completely different outlook on what joinery can be."
Apprenticeship P03320
Carpentry and Joinery apprentices typically either work on a construction site as a Site Carpenter or in a workshop as an Architectural Joiner. Separate information about site carpentry is also available....
Apprenticeship P03324
Carpentry and Joinery apprentices typically either work on a construction site as a Site Carpenter or in a workshop as an Architectural Joiner. Separate information about site carpentry is also available...
Apprenticeship P03312
Carpentry and Joinery apprentices typically either work on a construction site as a Site Carpenter or in a workshop as an Architectural Joiner. Separate information about architectural joinery is also available....
Apprenticeship P03316
Carpentry and Joinery apprentices typically either work on a construction site as a Site Carpenter or in a workshop as an Architectural Joiner. Separate information about architectural joinery is also available....
