Furniture Making Apprentice
BROCKHAMPTON LTD
Buckland Newton (DT2 7DJ)
Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 8 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 September 2025
Contents
Summary
This apprenticeship offers the opportunity to train in the furniture, furnishings & interiors manufacturing industry. As a furniture-making operative, you’ll learn how to manufacture and assemble both mass-produced and bespoke furniture, as well as components for kitchens, bathrooms, and bedrooms.
- 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 making operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 07:30 – 16:30.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 22 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- 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
- Receive, read, and interpret job specifications, including drawings and technical information.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and compliant work area at all times.
- Plan work and resources effectively, using sustainable practices to meet production targets.
- Organise and check the availability and condition of machinery, tools, equipment, and materials.
- Carry out first-line maintenance tasks such as checking, cleaning, and lubricating tools and machinery.
- Prepare and operate machinery, hand tools, and power tools for furniture and component manufacture.
- Check and maintain jigs and templates, reporting any faults or damage.
- Prepare materials before and after assembly, resolving issues such as sanding, cleaning, or glueing.
- Manufacture furniture components by measuring, cutting, and shaping materials using a variety of tools and machinery.
- Assemble furniture components using techniques such as glueing, stapling, dowelling, screwing, and nailing.
- Apply finishing operations to assembled furniture, including surface treatments, fittings, and fixtures.
- Carry out rectification, repair, or rework on furniture items when required.
- Pack, store, and quality-check finished assemblies, rectifying or reporting any issues.
- Complete all required documentation or digital records, such as job sheets and production logs.
- Contribute to continuous improvement and problem-solving activities to support business needs.
Where you'll work
Brockhampton Bespoke
Eden Park
Buckland Newton
DT2 7DJ
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
Furniture making operative (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
The apprenticeship training is delivered through a combination of workplace learning and regular college attendance. This training will teach you the knowledge, skills and behaviours set out in the Furniture Making Operative L2 standard. On completion, the apprentice will receive the Furniture Making Operative Level 2 qualification. Functional Skills in maths and English may also be required, depending on current level.
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
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
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
Based in the heart of the beautiful Dorset countryside, we design and create high quality bespoke furniture for residential and commercial projects. Using both traditional and contemporary make methods, we have a passion for working with a beautiful range of woods to create stunning, bespoke furniture and fittings for your home or business. With our eco workshop located in Dorset, we also have an office in London which allows us to meet with clients throughout the country. We specialise in designing and crafting bespoke interiors and furniture, including kitchens, dining rooms, wardrobes, cinema and media rooms, wine cellars, bookcases, vanity units, internal doors, living room furniture, libraries, and tables.
After this apprenticeship
Chance to continue to develop within the company and work on more projects.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
YEOVIL COLLEGE
Victoria Davey
Victoria.davey@yeovil.ac.uk
01935845561
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343379.
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Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 8 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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