Thatcher (level 2)
Covers commercial, agricultural, domestic, new-build and historic buildings with a variety of differing roof designs and materials.
- Qualification level
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2
Equivalent to GCSE. - Typical duration
- 24 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Construction and the built environment
- Maximum funding
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£21,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Interpret instructions and information for thatching work.
- Apply planning, prioritising and time management techniques.
- Apply budgetary considerations to thatching work: time, cost and waste management.
- Apply safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Select, inspect, and use working at height equipment for example ladders, scaffolding, Mobile elevated working platforms (MEWP).
- Assess the condition of the roof prior to thatching work taking place: condition of existing materials, quality of materials, cover over fixings, condition of fixings, overall thickness of thatch, factors affecting the performance of the roof.
- Quantify thatching work and materials required from documentation: drawings, specifications and production plan.
- Select the thatching and fixing materials for thatching work.
- Prepare thatching and fixing materials for installation on the roof for example damping and yealming long straw; butting and bundling combed wheat reed; trimming, splitting and twisting spars and rods.
- Prepare the roof prior to thatching. Including completely stripped or stripped to a sound base coat, new structures and work surfaces prepared for subsequent thatching.
- Apply thatching material to prepared roof area and features.
- Fix thatching material to the roof.
- Apply quality assurance measures to the finished thatching: pitch, tension, density, cover over fixings.
- Carry out thatching works where it abuts with other materials such as lead and brickwork.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers and colleagues.
- Select, use, maintain and store thatching tools and equipment.
- Move, handle and store thatching materials, including storing and protecting against vermin and weather conditions. Ensure materials are accessible when required.
- Select materials and use thatching techniques specific to historic or listed buildings.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Apply team working principles.
- Maintain a tidy work area restoring it on completion of work.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
Full information on Thatcher (level 2) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
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