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Job Overview
Are you an experienced and skilled Carpenter looking to develop your career within a large, supportive, and forward‑thinking NHS Estates team? We are looking for a proactive and motivated individual to join our Estates & Facilities Department as a Band 4 Carpenter, helping us maintain safe, functional, and high‑quality environments across our Health Board.
Main duties of the job
As a Carpenter, You Will Carry Out a Wide Range Of Carpentry And Building Fabric Maintenance Tasks—both Planned And Reactive—across Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Sites. Your Work Will Include
Installation, repair and maintenance of building fabric and structural components
Fire door inspections, repairs and compartmentation checks
Ironmongery repairs, lock maintenance and key cutting
Operation of woodworking machinery and various specialist equipment
Supporting other trades and contributing to minor improvement works
Using digital systems such as PDAs, tablets and maintenance management software
Ensuring full compliance with Health Board policies, safety standards and Building Regulations
This is a hands‑on role requiring technical skill, problem‑solving and the ability to work independently across a variety of environments, including confined spaces, heights, and hot/cold areas.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Qualifications And Knowledge
Essential criteria
City and Guilds Craft Certificate
Apprenticeship or other recognised and approved training
NVQ Level III equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
City and Guilds Advanced Craft
FIRAS certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
Relevant post qualified experience
Installation and maintenance of fire doors
Knowledge of working within a range of carpentry related services e.g. joinery, glazing, roofing, practical maintenance installation and fault finding
Desirable criteria
Experience of maintenance carpentry
Experience of working in a similar environment
Wood working machinery
Skills And Attributes
Essential criteria
Must have good craft skill
Good communication skills
Can work with minimum supervision
Desirable criteria
Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Other
Essential criteria
Satisfactory Standard DBS clearance