Apprentice Furniture Making Operative - 14885
VANLINERS LTD
Wigan (WN2 4HR)
Closes on Wednesday 11 February 2026
Posted on 11 November 2025
Contents
Summary
Vanliners Ltd are recruiting for an Apprentice Furniture making operative. The successful candidate will complete a Level 2 Furniture Making Operative Apprenticeship over the duration of 21 months.
- Wage
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£0 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Furniture making operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday-Friday, earliest start 7:30am, latest finish 4:45pm, 2 x 15 minute breaks, 45 minutes lunch, flexi time available.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 18 February 2026
- Duration
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1 year 9 months
- Positions available
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2
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
- To cut and construct wheel boxes as requested by the Operations Manager on a timely basis.
- To assist CNC Operators as and when required.
- To perform a number of roles within the warehouse, production, and despatch departments to ensure the factory runs efficiently, meets targets, and complies with company quality standards and procedures, as and when required.
- Minimise and control all waste.
- Participate with efficient stock control, completing a cyclical stock
- Maintain good housekeeping of the production area, stock, and equipment within it.
Where you'll work
Unit 3, Ormside Close
Hindley Industrial Estate, Hindley Green
Wigan
WN2 4HR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP CIC
Training course
Furniture making operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Read and interpret job specifications, technical drawings or information for furniture making activity.
- Plan furniture making activity including timescales for completion, and organise materials and resources.
- Prepare and maintain the work area.
- Apply safe systems of working including risk assessment.
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Follow workplace operating procedures.
- Store tools and equipment.
- Select tools, equipment, and machinery for furniture making activity.
- Apply first line maintenance of, tools, equipment, and machinery. For example, checking tool condition, cleaning, lubrication, visual inspection, tool calibration.
- Set up and operate furniture making machinery.
- Identify and select materials used in furniture making.
- Apply preparation techniques to materials.
- Prepare and use jigs and templates used in the work activity. Check jigs and templates for damage.
- Measure and mark out materials including measurement tool calibration checks.
- Manufacture furniture components including cutting and shaping.
- Apply jointing techniques to produce furniture components.
- Assemble and secure furniture components in position, for example clamping and gluing techniques.
- Attach furniture fittings and fixtures.
- Carry out rectification, repair and rework of manufactured furniture.
- Follow quality assurance processes.
- Pack and store components and products.
- Record furniture making activity information - paper based or electronic.
- Apply basic continuous improvement techniques. For example, lean manufacturing, six sigma, 5S and KAIZEN.
- Apply team working principles.
- Apply escalation procedures in relation to faults or issues.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
- Communicate verbally with colleagues and supervisors.
- Communicate in writing with colleagues and supervisors using industry terminology electronically or paper based.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Undertake and record learning and development activities.
- Read and interpret job specifications, technical drawings or information for furniture making activity.
- Plan furniture making activity including timescales for completion, and organise materials and resources.
- Prepare and maintain the work area.
- Apply safe systems of working including risk assessment.
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Follow workplace operating procedures.
- Store tools and equipment.
- Select tools, equipment, and machinery for furniture making activity.
- Apply first line maintenance of, tools, equipment, and machinery. For example, checking tool condition, cleaning, lubrication, visual inspection, tool calibration.
- Set up and operate furniture making machinery.
- Identify and select materials used in furniture making.
- Apply preparation techniques to materials.
- Prepare and use jigs and templates used in the work activity. Check jigs and templates for damage.
- Measure and mark out materials including measurement tool calibration checks.
- Manufacture furniture components including cutting and shaping.
- Apply jointing techniques to produce furniture components.
- Assemble and secure furniture components in position, for example clamping and gluing techniques.
- Attach furniture fittings and fixtures.
- Carry out rectification, repair and rework of manufactured furniture.
- Follow quality assurance processes.
- Pack and store components and products.
- Record furniture making activity information - paper based or electronic.
- Apply basic continuous improvement techniques. For example, lean manufacturing, six sigma, 5S and KAIZEN.
- Apply team working principles.
- Apply escalation procedures in relation to faults or issues.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
- Communicate verbally with colleagues and supervisors.
- Communicate in writing with colleagues and supervisors using industry terminology electronically or paper based.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Undertake and record learning and development activities.
Training schedule
- Level 2 Furniture Making Operative.
- Functional Skills.
- Work Based Learning.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Team working
- Reliable
- Punctual
- Hardworking
About this employer
Vanliners have been converting commercial vehicles for over 20 years, we pride ourselves on our first class customer services and aftercare support, our team of highly trained technicians have helped us to gain nationwide recognition as one of the leading conversions companies within the UK, our concept is simple, one level of excellent customer service & one level of superior quality workmanship, be it one or one thousand vans we can deliver your requirements on time and on budget with one invoice. Our complete one stop shop service covers all your needs, we will assign you one point of contact to deal with the design, build and all your after care requirements. Our team of highly skilled mobile technicians allow us to carry out a large number of our services at your premises minimising costly vehicles movements and unnecessary down time to your employees.
After this apprenticeship
Career Progression onto full-time employment.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP CIC
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000088.
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Closes on Wednesday 11 February 2026
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