Salary: £22,105 per year
Job Type: Full Time, Fixed Term
Location: Head Office - West Didsbury
Benefits: Competitive pension, 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans for public transport plus much more.
Reporting to the Property Services Manager, the Apprentice Joiner will contribute to all areas of carpentry and joiner within repairs, maintenance, servicing, and planned works. The apprentice will also complete a range of maintenance activities to a diverse customer base for Great Places Housing Group.
What you'll be doing, over time and with training and supervision of an experienced operative...
- Repairing walls, doorframes, skirting boards or plaster damage to internal walls
- Preparing of timber moulds for the manufacture of precast products
- Measuring out on material from blueprints, drawings, or samples
- Working on window and door repairs, kitchens fitting, flooring replacement and general joinery assigned tasks
- Laying out marks
- Communicating with various teams across the business
- Respecting customer homes, leaving them clean and safe
- Treating your customers with respect and empathy
- Working 39 hours per week, starting from 8:00am
What you'll need...
- GCSE maths and English or equivalent at grade C/4 or above, would be preferred
- Good communication and willingness to build good rapport with customers
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as using your own initiative
- Keen eye for detail
- Good level of ICT skills and the ability to use technology such as a mobile phone, tablet and laptop
- Eagerness undertake training and development
- Positive and constructive outlook
- Be able to attend college as part of the apprenticeship programme
- Commitment to completing all parts of the apprenticeship
Please note the advert may close earlier than the closing date if we receive a large number of applications. If interested, please apply as soon as possible.
Key dates to be aware of:
Assessment day – Wednesday 21st August 2024
Final interviews – Tuesday 27th August 2024
Start date – Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Great Places Housing Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all our colleagues to share this commitment. All successful applicant(s) will be subject to a basic criminal records background check. Further detail on our commitment to safeguarding children/young people & vulnerable adults can be found in the Great Places Housing Group Safeguarding Policy & Recruitment Policy on our website.
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