Bench Joiner/Cabinet Maker Apprentice
E.E. SMITH CONTRACTS LIMITED
Leicester (LE2 6AL)
Closes in 10 days (Sunday 11 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 April 2025
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Summary
Working alongside other fully skilled cabinet makers/ bench joiners gaining knowledge of the bespoke furniture/joinery manufacturing industry at the highest level learning the trade and achieving a recognised qualification.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Furniture manufacturer (level 2)
- Hours
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Shifts to be confirmed between the following hours: Monday - Thursday, 7 .00am - 6.00pm, Friday, 7.00 am - 5.00pm
and Saturday, 7.00am - 11.00 am
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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7
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
- Training in our on-site training academy
- In house training program
- Working alongside other fully qualified and skilled operatives
- Attending college
- Making bespoke furniture involving all aspects of joinery
- Working as a team with other operatives is a duty
Where you’ll work
25 Morris Road
Clarendon Industrial Estate
Leicester
LE2 6AL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
LEICESTER COLLEGE
Your training course
Furniture manufacturer (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Your training plan
- The successful applicant will work towards the Furniture Manufacturing Level 2 Apprenticeship attending Leicester College Freemen's Park Campus on a block week release
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade Grade 2/D)
- Maths (grade Grade 2/D)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team Player
- Positive Mentality
- Enthusiastic
About this company
EE Smith Contracts is one of the UK’s leading specialist interior fit-out contractors. Privately owned, and operating from our purpose-built headquarters in Leicester, we’ve been setting the industry standard for over 100 years. We are experts in fitting out some of the world’s most prestigious hotels, commercial interiors and private residences. Our interior solutions are engineered to the finest tolerances, ensuring the finished product perfectly matches the designer’s vision. EE Smith Contracts is also one of the UK’s leaders in training apprentice joiners and cabinet makers. We take on new applicants every year, and have seen over 200 apprentices successfully pass through our programme. It’s this marriage of technology and tradition that allows us to deliver high-quality solutions to design briefs without compromising on aesthetic requirements. Our outstanding level of project management is one of the key elements which sets us apart within the saturated industry. With an in-house team of directly employed design managers, technical services managers & pre-construction coordinators, we are able to seamlessly take a project from tender stage to completion, whilst providing a consistent project management team to the client. This ethos is at the core to our success & is one of the many reasons we have such longstanding repours with our repeat clients. This close control over every detail makes us proud to be one of the UK’s very few contractors with a turnkey offering.
After this apprenticeship
- Gaining a permanent position as a qualified cabinet maker/bench joiner with potentials of career progress
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LEICESTER COLLEGE
Devina Fergus
defergus@leicestercollege.ac.uk
07795331688
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000308753.
Apply now
Closes in 10 days (Sunday 11 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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