Hawkscroft Ltd have an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to join their experienced team of Installers, gaining a Level 2 apprenticeship as a Fenestration Installer. The successful candidate will be mentored by an experienced team who will support the successful candidate in becoming fully skilled & qualified in this industry.
Annual wage: £16,640 a year
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Training course: Fenestration installer (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 4.30pm.
40.0 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 05 October 2026
Duration: 1 Year 7 Months
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
On a day-to-day basis as an apprentice, you will be doing the following:
- Learn how to carefully remove old and historic windows, and install new or refurbished windows and doors
- Learn how to handle glass and undertake glazing, including silicone facing
- Use a variety of specialised tools to undertake all the projects, including manual and power tools
- Helping and assisting with skilled tasks, and going on to learn these skills
- Keeping tools in order, site, and workshop tidiness & cleanliness
- Loading, unloading, and general manual tasks
- Site health and safety rules and regulations
- As an apprentice working in and around properties, you will need to have good customer service skills and a polite outlook
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
GLASS & FENESTRATION TRAINING SOLUTIONS LTD
Your training course
Fenestration installer (level 2)
Your training plan
All aspects of your training will be delivered on-site with your employer.
As an apprentice you will receive from your employer a set number of hours each week for your off the job training, this included as part of your working weekly hours.
Off the job training is there to help with your learning and development of the knowledge, skills and behaviors as part of your apprenticeship standard. Majority of these hours will be spent on site with your mentor learning, along with having time set aside away from your normal day to day working environment for you to complete study time in which will help you with the completion of targets set by your assessor (e.g. workbooks, online learning, research, self-study).
You will also have regular site visits every ten to twelve weeks from your designated assessor, who will monitor your progress throughout your apprenticeship program.
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths & English (grade A*- C / 9 - 4)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- Please be aware that we work outside as well as inside on our jobs as they demand, as such, you may be required to work in a variety of weather conditions.
- The work also requires reasonable levels of physical fitness, so please consider this before applying. Some early starts may also be needed when working farther afield.
- Please note that interviews may take place before the vacancy closes date, and the successful applicant may start before the advertised start date.
About this company
- Hawkscroft Ltd are a traditional, family run window company based at the historic Alscot Estate Nr Stratford upon Avon. Spanning two generations, Hawkscroft Ltd has both a professional family interest, and a sense of enjoyment and appreciation in the work that we undertake on older buildings and listed properties. We specialise in both conservation window work and contemporary window projects, and it is fair to say that we have a vision and passion for this line of interesting and challenging work.
https://www.hawkscroft.com/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
- Potential for the candidateto progress through the company and gain experience within all sectors. The main aim is to bring somebody into the team and for them to develop and become a key team member.
- We are looking to invest our knowledge, skills, and time in the right person. This position has the potential to develop into a successful career for the right candidate with the position growing with the company.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HAWKSCROFT LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000047264.
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