Apprentice Carpenter & Joiner
MacIntyre Carpentry & Joinery, Leiston, Suffolk
Apprentice Carpenter & Joiner
£16,640 a year
MacIntyre Carpentry & Joinery, Leiston, Suffolk
- Full time
- Permanent
- Apprenticeship programme
Posted 2 weeks ago, 9 Jul | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: 31-08-2026 (In 38 days)
Job ref: None
Location ref: Leiston, Suffolk
Full Job Description
Introduction
Start your career in bespoke timber joinery and carpentry. Join a small, respected Leiston-based Suffolk business making handmade Accoya and oak windows, doors and staircases. Learn a real trade hands-on, with day release to college.
About the Employer
MacIntyre Carpentry & Joinery is a small bespoke joinery business based in Leiston on the Suffolk Heritage Coast. We hand-make timber windows, doors, gates, staircases and furniture in Accoya and oak, mostly manufactured in our workshop, and we also carry out a good deal of on-site carpentry — bridging the gap between joinery and carpentry — often on period and listed buildings.
What You'll Do
As our apprentice you will work alongside the owner and a qualified joiner, learning both bench joinery in the workshop and carpentry and fitting work on site. Day to day you will help to:
- Measure, mark out and prepare timber
- Cut basic and advanced joints
- Assemble doors, frames, units and staircase components
- Fit ironmongery such as locks, hinges and handles
- Carry out on-site carpentry and fitting
- Keep the workshop, tools and machinery clean and safe
Training Outcome
On completing the Level 2 apprenticeship you could progress to a Level 3 apprenticeship and on to a permanent, skilled position as a qualified carpenter and joiner. For the right person there is a genuine long-term career here, learning the full craft of bespoke timber joinery.
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Enjoys working with hands
- Reliable
- Timekeeping
- Punctual
- Keen to learn
- Pride in work
- Practical
- Willing to learn
- Good work ethic
Qualifications
- Desired - GCSE - English or Equivalent - A-C or 9-4
- Desired - GCSE - Maths or Equivalent - A-C or 9-4
Course Information
Course: Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Level: 2
Route: Construction and the built environment
Apprenticeship Level: Intermediate
Working Arrangements
Working Week: 40 Hours per week - Monday - Friday 7.30am - 4.30pm with two 30 minute breaks at 10.00am and 1.00pm.
Expected Duration: 2 Years
Training Provider: SUFFOLK NEW COLLEGE