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Fencing installer (level 2)

Installing different types of fences, gates and barriers, across a broad cross-section of different environments.

Qualification level
2
Equivalent to GCSE.
Typical duration
18 months
Apprenticeship category
Construction and the built environment
Maximum funding
£10,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training.
Skills
Skills an apprentice will learn
  • Comply with health and safety regulations, standards (BS1722), and guidance
  • Identify and use safety control equipment including RPE, dust suppression and PPE
  • Comply with safe systems of work and control measures
  • Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal
  • Interpret and extract information using paper based or digital techniques from drawings, plans and specifications
  • Select required resource for task
  • Select and use hand-held tools
  • Maintain safe working area
  • Maintain and store hand tools
  • Check, use and store power tools and mechanical plant
  • Move, handle and store materials
  • Locate and identify underground services to support fencing installation
  • Establish fencing lines and levels
  • Escalates issues and tasks
  • Set out posts and fixings ready for fence installation
  • Construct foundations ready for fence installation
  • Identify faults and carry out a repair or reinstate defective or faulty fence: For example replacing damaged posts, infills or fence panels
  • Applies team working principles to their own and the wider build team
  • Complete documentation - paper based or digital for example fencing records, quality control, site records accident reporting and permits
  • Communicate with others verbally, for example colleagues, other tradespeople, managers and customers
  • Install fencing material

Full information on Fencing installer (level 2) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

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