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BULLEN CONSERVATION LTD - Apprentice Stone Mason

Salary: £15,311.40 a year
Working Pattern: Full Time
Contract Type: Apprenticeship
Closing Date: Sun 21 Sep 2025 - 11:59 pm UTC
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BULLEN CONSERVATION LTD - Apprentice Stone Mason

Summary

This is an excellent opportunity to work as an apprentice stone mason specialising in heritage skills with a conservation business based in Oldham.

Annual wage: £15,311.40 a year
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Training course: Stonemason (level 2)

Hours
Monday to Thursday, 8.00am-4.30pm. Friday, 8.00am - 3.30pm . You will also attend York College for 2 week blocks.
39.0 hours a week

Possible start date: Wednesday 01 October 2025

Duration: 2 Years

Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

As an apprentice stone mason specialising in heritage skills, you will be working towards the completion of your apprenticeship.

The apprenticeship is made up of on-the-job training with the business and off the job training based at York College.

You will learn the following: -

  • Health & safety on a construction site
  • Stone masonry tools & equipment appropriate to methods of work
  • Handling of materials
  • Environmental considerations
  • Developing the ability to carve decorative masonry
  • Opportunity to work on historic buildings throughout the north west
  • Gain extensive knowledge in conservation & restoration techniques

Where you’ll work

LOWER HOUSE WORKS
LOWER HOUSE STREET
OLDHAM
OL1 3NN

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

YORK COLLEGE

Your training course

Stonemason (level 2)

Your training plan

You will work towards the Level 2 Stone Mason qualification.

This apprenticeship will give you the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to work as a stonemason and this will include the following:

  • Health and safety to include Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, Manual Handling and Working at Height Regulations, use of PPE etc.
  • Select, use and maintain tools, components and equipment appropriate to the task being carried out
  • Interpret the appropriate work plan for the job, taking into account factors such as building age, listed status, accessibility, quality of surrounding structures, other trades in the work area, customers and related legislation and regulations
  • Identify and confirm masonry requirements against surveys, job sheets, specifications and drawings/CAD, and in accordance with Building Regulations
  • Locate, handle, store, load, transport and position materials and tools safely, minimising damage, ready for installation and, where applicable, in accordance with health and safety regulations
  • Produce or repair standard architectural enrichments, prepare backgrounds to receive masonry and set out basic masonry on buildings/structures
  • Prepare backgrounds to receive stone cladding and set out basic external stonemasonry on heritage buildings/structures and conserve or restore existing stonemasonry, brickwork or earthen structures on Heritage Structures using appropriate heritage techniques and following conservation ethics and procedures

This will include both on-the-job training with the business and off-the-job training with block release to York College.

You will also produce a portfolio of evidence demonstrating examples of your work throughout the apprenticeship.

If you do not have GCSE English and/or maths at grade 4/C or above, you will be required to study Functional Skills in these subjects, which are delivered as a separate block release.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 3)
  • Maths (grade 3)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

This will involve working outdoors and you will be required to wear PPE.

About this company

Established in 2004, Bullen Conservation Ltd are a heritage stonemasonry company specialising in historic & ecclesiastical properties.

https://www.bullenconservation.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Full-time, permanent position as a qualified stone mason upon successful completion of the apprenticeship

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BULLEN CONSERVATION LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336934.

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Closes on Sunday 21 September 2025

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