Carpentry & Joinery Apprentice - Level 2

Our Specialist Craft Centres have been created to develop a skilled workforce for the National Trust which demonstrates the highest levels of skills, promotes and preserves heritage building crafts, inspires people to take up traditional crafts skills and helps us to repair and conserve our special places, for everyone, for ever. We own and care for one of the largest, most varied and most significant collections of built structures in Europe. The greatest proportion of our 28,500 buildings and structures were constructed pre-1919 and these have high heritage value, with a range of uses – from offices to workshops, mansions to cottages. Our crafts people are an integral part of looking after our assets, using their skills to conserve and maintain our buildings and structures, and being part of creating a lasting legacy.

Based at our traditional Specialist Craft Centre within the grounds of West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire, you’ll be part of a skilled team of five joiners producing high quality joinery for the London and Southeast region. This workshop supports the care and conservation of some of the most significant historic buildings in the country, giving you the chance to work in settings rich with heritage and character. You’ll also spend time on site at a range of our remarkable historic mansions and buildings across the region. Every property is unique, which means no two jobs are ever the same. You’ll learn something new on every project and develop a wide range of joinery and carpentry techniques — from sensitive conservation repairs to crafting new windows.

Whether you’re shaping a diamond patterned window frame, creating bespoke oak joinery, or tackling the varied challenges that come with caring for centuries old structures, your work will help safeguard these much loved places for the thousands of people who visit them each year.

If you’re passionate about historic buildings, love working with wood, and want to grow your skills as part of a dynamic and supportive team, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

Training:

Your training will be based at a specialist college and be delivered via a combination of day release and online learning, with all college expenses and travel paid. There will also be opportunities to travel to other National Trust locations with some overnight stays to expand your learning and experience. You will also be able to join other training events and learn from industry colleagues internally and externally.

Training Outcome:

This role will lead to level 3 Craft Carpentry & Joinery apprenticeship followed by a 12 months’ work placement.

Employer Description:

We protect and care for places so people and nature can thrive. We look after hundreds of houses and close to a million objects, along with vast areas of coastline, countryside and green spaces, for everyone’s benefit. With our staff, members, volunteers and supporters, we’re the biggest conservation charity in Europe. Everyone can get involved, everyone can make a difference.

Working Hours :
Fixed Term, full-time contract (37.5 hrs pw to 01/09/28) Days and shifts TBC.

Skills:
Communication skills,Team working,Physical fitness