We are looking for an Apprentice Bench Joiner to join our team, now called Bullen Joinery. This qualification will require attendance at college one day a week. You will work alongside and learn from qualified craftspeople to develop your trade skills and knowledge of site-based activities.
Hours Monday to Friday 07:15 - 15:30. 37.5 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 01 September 2026
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
Take accurate measurements for the timber component
Mark out cuts and joints using pencils, squares, and gauges
Help read and interpret technical drawings and job specs
Saw and cut materials to size
Plane, sand, and shape wood
Prepare components for joints or assemblies
Where you'll work
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
CITY COLLEGE NORWICH
Your training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
Your training plan
Carpentry and Joinery Level 2
At Norwich City College, one day per week
2-year course
Site based for the rest of the week
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
English (grade C/4 or above)
Maths (grade C/4 or above)
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
Number skills
Team working
Good timekeeping
About this company
Mr Bullen built up a reputation for thoroughness, high quality of workmanship and reliability, and these attributes helped him to expand his business, which was incorporated in 1925. It remained principally a small jobbing family business but demand for its services was such that it quickly grew and developed a high quality joinery manufacturing brand. On the 1st July 1935 R G Carter Limited acquired the business, this enabled the company to continue to develop with a significant parent providing financial security and sustainability.