Joinery Apprenticeship Vacancies

In short: A joinery apprenticeship trains you to make and fit doors, windows, stairs and fitted furniture, usually in a workshop, while you earn at least the apprentice minimum wage - £8.00 an hour from 1 April 2026 (GOV.UK, accessed 01-Oct-2026). In England the Level 2 Carpentry and joinery standard has an architectural joiner option for workshop-based joiners (Skills England, ST0264, accessed 01-Oct-2026). Below are the joinery apprenticeships open on WoodUWork today.

Joinery Apprenticeship vacancies open today

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What the job involves

• Learn to set up and use workshop machinery safely under supervision. Employers must train anyone using woodworking machines, and HSE's Approved Code of Practice (L114) sets specific training requirements for them (HSE; HSE L114, accessed 01-Oct-2026).
• Set out, mark out and make joinery products such as doors, windows and straight staircases, with their ironmongery (Skills England, ST0264, accessed 01-Oct-2026).
• Spend paid working time on off-the-job training with a college or training provider. Each standard publishes a minimum number of off-the-job training hours (DfE apprenticeship funding rules 2026-27, accessed 01-Oct-2026).

Skills and qualifications employers ask for

• Interest in making things accurately and a careful approach to machine safety.
• You must be 16 or over and not in full-time education (GOV.UK, Become an apprentice, accessed 01-Oct-2026).
• English and maths: compulsory within the apprenticeship if you start aged 16 to 18 without a suitable qualification; optional, by agreement with your employer, if you start aged 19 or over (DfE apprenticeship funding rules 2026-27, accessed 01-Oct-2026). Colleges and employers may still set their own entry requirements.
• No prior experience is usually needed.

Pay

At least the apprentice rate of £8.00 an hour from 1 April 2026, which applies if you are under 19, or 19 or over and in your first year; after that the minimum wage for your age applies (GOV.UK, accessed 01-Oct-2026). Where an employer uses the CIJC Working Rule Agreement (agreed between employers and the Unite and GMB unions), apprentice minimums from 20 July 2026 are £8.29 an hour in Year 1 and £8.80 in Year 2 (CISRS; GMB, accessed 01-Oct-2026). Many workshop employers are not on the CIJC agreement; the advert states the rate.

How to get in and move up

• Level 2 Carpentry and joinery (ST0264), architectural joiner option - typically 24 months plus the end-point assessment (Skills England, accessed 01-Oct-2026).
• Level 3 Craft carpentry and joinery (ST0263), typically 15 months. Its craft architectural joinery pathway covers bespoke products and CNC machinery (Find apprenticeship training, accessed 01-Oct-2026).
• A college course in bench joinery is an alternative route in (National Careers Service, accessed 01-Oct-2026).
• Then bench joiner jobs or site joinery.

These standards apply in England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run their own apprenticeship schemes (GOV.UK, accessed 01-Oct-2026).

Questions people ask

What does an apprentice joiner do? Mostly workshop work: marking out, machining and assembling joinery under a qualified joiner.

Bench joinery or site joinery - which apprenticeship? Both start with the same Level 2 Carpentry and joinery apprenticeship, which has two options: architectural joiner (workshop-based - what most firms call bench joinery) and site carpenter (installing on site) (Skills England, ST0264, accessed 01-Oct-2026). Check which option an advert offers.

How much does an apprentice joiner earn? At least £8.00 an hour from 1 April 2026 (GOV.UK, accessed 01-Oct-2026); many employers pay more, so check the advert.

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WoodUWork Editorial | Last updated: 1 October 2026 | Vacancy data: live WoodUWork feed | Pay and qualification facts: GOV.UK, DfE, Skills England, HSE, CIJC (sources accessed 01-Oct-2026). This page was created by a human, written with some help from AI and edited by a human.