Ceramic Bander/ Decorator apprentice
TG GREEN & CO LIMITED
SHEPTON MALLET (BA4 6DD)
Closes in 23 days (Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 9 March 2026
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Summary
A Ceramic Bander/ Decorator is a specialised role within the pottery industry, focusing on applying decorative bands, lines of colour to ceramic ware. This role demands high manual dexterity, precession, and steady hands to endure lines are straight and consistent. Decoration will involve different shapes and colours.
- 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
- Lean manufacturing operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday – Friday - 8am- 4pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 7 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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1
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
- Hoovering and backstamping items for decorations
- Facilitation Precise Decoration: providing precise decoration with the required number of coats for a clean finish
- Refining and finishing: sanding imperfections in decorations, anding paint drips, etc
- Tap centring: learning to tap the (biscuit) shape into the centre of the spinning wheel
- Applying surface decorations
- Prepare paint by checking components, adding them in special proportions, mixing, sieving, and checking viscosity to meet standards
- Maintenance: cleaning used equipment at the end of the day, including the banding wheel and brushes, and the trolley
Where you'll work
ALHAM FARM
BATCOMBE
SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 6DD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
YEOVIL COLLEGE
Training course
Lean manufacturing operative (level 2)
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Training schedule
- Lean Manufacturing Operative Level 2
- Online Training and College Attendance 1 day every 4 weeks
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 9 – 4 / A* - C))
- Maths (grade Grade 9 – 4 / A* - C))
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
You must be prepared to commit to your work and training for the duration of the apprenticeship. In some cases, you may be required to have a telephone interview with Yeovil College prior to your application being passed on. If a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date, it may close earlier so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
About this employer
• T.G. Green & Co. Ltd, trading as Cornishware, is a company that manufactures and sells ceramic tableware, particularly known for its iconic blue and white striped Cornishware. The company is based in Batcombe Somerset, with production primarily in the South West of England and also in Stoke-on-Trent.
After this apprenticeship
We would like to offer a permanent role at TG Green after the course. Few of our current team leaders are successful apprenticeship course finishers.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
YEOVIL COLLEGE
Vicki Davey
victoria.davey@yeovil.ac.uk
01935 845561
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000019224.
Apply now
Closes in 23 days (Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 11:59pm)