Carpentry and joinery
Make things with your hands, on the sites changing your borough.
Apprentice rates to start, rising with each qualification.
The route
How people get in and grow
One of the most direct routes onto a construction site. Start with a site-ready card and an apprenticeship, build toward a recognised NVQ.
- 1
Get site-ready
A CSCS card and basic site safety let you set foot on a real site.
Unlocks: CSCS card, site safety awareness
- 2
Earn while you learn
A carpentry apprenticeship pays you to train on real jobs.
Unlocks: Carpentry and joinery apprenticeship
- 3
Qualify
An NVQ Level 2 then Level 3 marks you out as a skilled tradesperson.
Unlocks: NVQ Level 2, then Level 3 Carpentry
Where this goes
Skilled trades and construction in Bexley runs from Level 2 (about GCSEs at grade 4 to 9) up to Level 6 (about a bachelors degree). These are the levels people move through, and what is open right now at each one.
Level 2about the same as GCSEs at grade 4 to 9
12 openings in Bexley7 different apprenticeshipstypically £16,640 a year(middle of 12 advertised)- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
- Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
- Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
- Painter and decorator (level 2)
Level 3about the same as A levels
9 openings in Bexley6 different apprenticeshipstypically £17,680 a year(middle of 7 advertised)- Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)
- Building services engineering technician 2022 (level 3)
- Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)
- International freight forwarding specialist (level 3)
Level 6about the same as a bachelors degree
1 opening in Bexley1 apprenticeship- Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
Level 4 exist in this work elsewhere in the country but nothing is open in Bexley today. Worth widening your search, or asking a local college what they run.
Levels and apprenticeship standards from the Department for Education Find an apprenticeship service, counted from vacancies open today. Wages are the middle of what employers actually advertised, not a promise about any one job, and they do not always rise with the level: pay depends on the employer and the year as much as the qualification. These are the levels within this line of work, not a guarantee that one apprenticeship leads to the next.
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