Builders jobs in Farnworth

The opportunity

Altwork is recruiting apprentices for an established North West maintenance and construction contractor. Our client works on long-term contracts for local authorities, schools, healthcare providers and utility companies, and has been training its own tradespeople for years — several of the current site managers started the same way.

This is a proper apprenticeship with a permanent job at the end of it, not a placement that quietly stops when the funding does. You will be paired with experienced tradespeople on live jobs from the first week, your college training is funded and timetabled, and your pay rises as you progress rather than staying flat until you qualify.

If you are leaving school or college, or you have had a go at something else and want a trade instead, this is a route in. We care more about attitude, reliability and genuine interest in the work than about grades.

What you will be doing

• Working alongside qualified joiners and multi-trade operatives on real jobs from the start

• Learning first and second fix joinery — doors, frames, kitchens, flooring, skirting and repairs

• Picking up associated trades as you go: basic plumbing, patching, fencing, glazing and making good

• Learning to work safely, to use tools and equipment properly, and to look after your own kit

• Attending college on day release and completing your coursework and portfolio on time

• Working in occupied homes, schools and public buildings, and learning how to conduct yourself in them

• Helping load vans, prepare materials and keep the job tidy — everybody starts here

What you will need

• Essential — A genuine interest in learning a trade, and the commitment to see an apprenticeship through

• Essential — Reliability — turning up, on time, every day, is most of the job in year one

• Essential — A positive attitude, a willingness to be told, and the sense to ask when you do not know

• Essential — Able to get to the Wigan yard for a 8:00am start

• Essential — Willingness to attend college and complete coursework alongside the job

• Desirable — Maths and English at GCSE grade 4/C or above, or a willingness to work towards them

• Desirable — Any practical experience at all — school workshop, a weekend job, helping family with building work

• Desirable — A provisional driving licence, or working towards one

This role involves work on school and public-sector sites, so the appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check, references and proof of the right to work in the UK.

What is on offer

• Pay — From £8.00 per hour in year one, paid weekly, rising with progression and age — up to £13.00 per hour as you advance

• Training — College fees and training fully funded, with day release built into your working week

• Overtime — Every hour beyond 39 in a week is paid at time and a half

• Holidays — 20 days plus 8 bank holidays, rising with length of service to a maximum of 25 days

• Kit — All tools, uniform and PPE provided — you will not be asked to buy your own kit

• Pension — Workplace pension scheme with employer contributions

• Wellbeing — Employee Assistance Programme and Bright Exchange — confidential personal support and discounts

• After qualifying — A permanent job at the end of it — our client trains apprentices to keep them, and promotes from within

Where you will be working

You will be based out of the yard near Wigan and working across the Wigan, St Helens and Leigh areas, with supervised work reaching into the surrounding boroughs. Because apprentices work under supervision, the travel stays local — you are not being sent across the region on your own.

Application question(s):

• What is your home postcode or nearest town, and how would you get to Wigan for 8:00am?
• Are you able to commit to college day release alongside the job?
• Do you hold a provisional or full driving licence?
• Please list 2–3 dates and time ranges when you could attend an interview.

Work Location: In person