Fencing Installer
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Fit fences, gates and barriers across a range of different environments.
Overview
You’ll be responsible for the installation of different types of fencing across a broad range of sites from domestic and agricultural, through to commercial, industrial, high security and infrastructure, such as highways, rail and utilities.
Many premises are required by law to have appropriate fences, these include zoos, military areas and industrial plants, and it’ll be your job to install them.
The main areas within the fencing industry are:
- General fencing
- Perimeter security systems
- Vehicle restraint systems
- Gates, doors and barriers
You’ll need to work to detailed specifications and standards to ensure correct and safe installation. You’ll also have to prepare the sites, select relevant materials to carry out installation and carry out repairs and maintenance work.
You’re likely to be working outside in all weathers and you’ll be using a wide range of materials, tools and machinery.
Top 5 Tasks
- Reading fence drawings and plans and measuring and laying out new fence lines
- Positioning wooden, concrete or metal posts and panels to size and fixing them in place
- Removing old fencing and levelling the ground
- Using hand tools or mechanical diggers
- Painting and weatherproofing fences.
Salary
The average UK salary for a Fence Installer is around £25,000.
Salaries typically depend on location, employer and level of responsibility.
Am I Suited?
- Physical
- Happy to work outdoors
- Attention to detail
- Team player
- Practical
The largest warehouse in Britain (and the third largest in the world) is in Bristol. With a floor-space of 80,000m it could contain 14,000 double decker buses.
Qualifications
There are no set qualifications, but it helps to have GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C) in maths and English or equivalent.
