UNIT 11
PREMIER BUSINESS PARK, DENCORA WAY, LU3 3HP

SUNSET BUILDING CO LTD - Interior Systems Installer (Drylining) Apprentice

Salary: £13,741 a year
Working Pattern: Full Time
Contract Type: Apprenticeship
Hours: 35
Closing Date: Fri 07 Nov 2025 - 11:59 pm UTC
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SUNSET BUILDING CO LTD - Interior Systems Installer (Drylining) Apprentice

Summary

This Interior Systems Installer (Drylining) Apprenticeship offers a hands-on introduction to the construction industry, where you'll learn how to install, finish, and repair drylining systems used in new-build housing estates. You will work alongside experienced professionals and develop practical skills on-site.

Annual wage: £13,741 a year
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Training course: Interior systems installer (level 2)

Hours
Monday- Friday. Hours on site will be roughly 7.30am- 4.30pm (not including travel). Block weeks will be attended at Bedford College.
35.0 hours a week

Possible start date: Monday 10 November 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

  • Reading and interpreting technical drawings
  • Understanding layout plans to install partitions, ceilings, and linings accurately
  • Measuring and marking out
  • Measuring wall and ceiling spaces and marking guidelines for installation
  • Cutting and shaping materials
  • Using hand and power tools to cut plasterboard, metal stud, and track to size
  • Installing metal framework (stud and track systems)
  • Fixing metal stud partitions and ceiling frameworks to create structures within buildings
  • Fixing plasterboard to walls and ceilings
  • Attaching boards to frameworks or existing walls using screws, adhesives, or fixings
  • Taping and jointing plasterboard
  • Preparing surfaces for decoration by filling joints and sanding smooth
  • Installing fire, sound, and thermal insulation
  • Placing insulation materials within partitions or ceilings as per specification
  • Fitting suspended ceilings
  • Installing grid systems and ceiling tiles, often in commercial or office settings
  • Maintaining tools and equipment
  • Ensuring tools are safe, clean, and ready for use
  • Complying with health and safety regulations
  • Wearing correct PPE and working safely on-site at all times

Where you’ll work

UNIT 11
PREMIER BUSINESS PARK
DENCORA WAY
LUTON
LU3 3HP

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

BEDFORD COLLEGE

Your training course

Interior systems installer (level 2)

Requirements

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

You need to show you are learning to drive – or about to start your driving lessons.

About this company

Sunset Building Company Ltd (SBC) is a family run sub-contractor who specialises in a range of services including dry lining, screeding, plastering and rendering, predominantly in the residential and commercial sectors. Our operational area varies within a 60 mile radius from our head office in Luton, Bedfordshire. SBC was formed in 2004, following the incorporation of G+R Doherty (originally established in 1988), and since, we have executed a steadily and planned growth. Our dedicated and qualified workforce are the key to this success, providing a high standard of work, ensuring deadlines are met and each project is managed seamlessly, from start to finish. This is evident in our proven track record of employee-retention and long-standing relationships with clients, resulting in repeat business. Our vision is to become and maintain position as the Dry lining/Plastering Subcontractor of choice for our clients.

After this apprenticeship

  • You can further your career by taking on further training

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SUNSET BUILDING CO LTD
Tracey Coakley
[email protected]

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346636.

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Closes on Friday 07 November 2025

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