Join Our Team: Workshop Joinery Apprentice Start date: September 2026 Navigate your future and lock in your career as we keep our canals open and alive. Our apprenticeship programmes play a key role in protecting traditional canal skills, supporting local employment, and ensuring we continue the vital work of maintaining and restoring the waterways for future generations. This programme will develop you into a well‑rounded, multiskilled workshop professional who understands the operational, environmental, and heritage considerations of working along the UK’s waterways. Working Hours & Location The role will be based from our Bradley workshop 5 days a week. The working hours of the workshop are 07:30 - 16:00 Monday to Thursday & 07:30 - 12:30 on Fridays. Role Overview You’ll work in our workshop, carrying out maintenance and repair tasks under the guidance of our expert workshop team. You’ll learn how to work effectively as part of a team and contribute to the Trust’s planned annual works. You’ll learn how to use specialist joinery techniques that support and enhance the Trust’s canal and river network. Key Responsibilities Support the manufacture, repair, and assembly of our large timber lock gates using traditional and modern joinery techniques. Work with hardwoods and other materials to cut, shape, and prepare components following technical drawings and templates. Use workshop machinery and hand tools safely and accurately to produce high‑quality parts that meet Trust specifications. Check materials meet required grades, dimensions, and quality standards. Carry out quality inspections on components and completed assemblies. Work efficiently as part of the production team to deliver gates to agreed timelines for installation across the waterway network. Promote inclusion and diversity across the Trust and challenge behaviours or decisions that conflict with our values. Demonstrate the Trust’s values and behaviours at all times. Training & Development You will work towards the Level 2 Carpentry & Joinery apprenticeship with one of our expert training providers. Whilst on-the-job, you will work with supportive colleagues to get the best out of your apprenticeship experienceThe Canal & River Trust is committed to supporting apprentices to become experts in their field, offering structured development pathways and long-term career prospects. About You You don’t need any prior experience - we’ll teach you everything you need. What matters is you have a genuine interest in practical, hands-on work. You enjoy solving problems and feel comfortable working both in a workshop environment and outside. Ideally, you have grade A-C or grade 9-4 in Maths and English GCSE (or equivalent) already achieved or on track. Apprentice story: Brian decided to change career and joined us after completing a Level 2 Engineering Apprenticeship and has since moved into a Workshop Craft Operative role where he manufactures all the metal parts for our lock gates. See more here: Brian's Story (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/work-for-us/apprenticeships/stories-from-our-apprentices/brians-story) Contact & Application If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at CRT.recruitment@canalrivertrust.org.uk. We encourage early applications as we may close the vacancy once we receive enough suitable candidates. What We Offer We offer a starting annual salary of £22,095. Enjoy a competitive pension scheme, increasing holiday entitlement, and a range of employee benefits. For a full breakdown of our benefits, check out our brochure here: EVP (https://canalrivertrust.pagetiger.com/cqhhihy/1)