Apprentice Furniture Manufacturing Operative - REF 14937

PEMBERTON PARK AND LEISURE HOMES LIMITED

Wigan (WN6 7NF)

Closes on Thursday 22 October 2026

Posted on 29 July 2026

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Summary

Pemberton Park & Leisure Homes in Bolton are recruiting for an Apprentice Furniture Manufacturing Operative (Cabinet Maker). The successful candidate will work towards completing a Level 2 Furniture Making Operative apprenticeship over the duration of 21 months.

Wage

£15,808 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

  • £304 per week
Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Monday- Friday 7am- 5pm, 2 x 10 minute break am/pm (paid), 30 minutes lunch (unpaid)

38 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 29 October 2026

Duration

1 year 9 months

Positions available

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

  • Building our in house made furniture to be fitted in our static homes. using power tools and hand tools
  • Manufacturing MFC cabinets and components in the workshop, machinery such as edge banders, CNC and saws to cut, edge and shape components
  • Carrying out quality control on finished goods, completing paperwork and essential housekeeping

Where you'll work

Pemberton Park Leisure Homes
Woodhouse Lane
Wigan
WN6 7NF

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 C.I.C.

Training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.

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

  • Good work ethic
  • Punctual
  • Reliable
  • Hardworking

About this employer

Pemberton Park & Leisure Homes, based in Wigan in North-West England, began manufacturing high-quality residential and holiday homes in the late 1940s. The Pemberton name has always been at the forefront of advances in the design and development of the caravan holiday home concept. From the earliest days, ‘Pemberton Caravans,’ as they were then known, were built to last, and many 30-40-year-old examples are still providing sterling service today.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

  • Progression onto full time employment 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP C.I.C.

Recruitment

recruitment@nltg.co.uk

01254395355

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000045411.

Apply now

Closes on Thursday 22 October 2026

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.