Apprentice Bench Joiner and Furniture Maker
FINE FINISH CONTRACTS LTD
BUNNY (NG11 6QJ)
Closes in 12 days (Thursday 26 November 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 13 November 2026
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Summary
Apprentice bespoke furniture maker required for a leading furniture manufacturer. A great opportunity to join a growing company manufacturing bespoke furniture. Learn how to produce bespoke furniture, set up and operate wood machines and make bespoke items, then apply for this apprenticeship and become a skilled trades person.
- Wage
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£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
Pay may increase depending on performance and probational period
- Training course
- Furniture making operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Day shift.
Monday to Friday, 7.30am - 4pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 December 2026
- Duration
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1 year 4 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
- Learn practical skills and techniques to produce different types of bespoke furniture including kitchen cabinets, bedroom furniture and other items.
- Learn how to operate hand tools, power tools and wood machines
- Learn how to work from detailed drawings
- Become a skilled crafts person
- Gain a trade for life
Where you'll work
UNIT 11
BUNNY TRADING ESTATE
GOTHAM LANE
BUNNY
NG11 6QJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WEBS TRAINING LIMITED
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
During your Standard Level 2 in Furniture Making apprenticeship programme, you will receive training both off and on the job. You will be trained at the employer within the workplace and at WEBS Training in Nottingham on a day basis, once per week.
You will learn the underpinning knowledge that runs alongside your practical elements of the training. WEBS Training aim to build on the skills you already have so you reach your full potential both personally and professionally.
Training will be provided in all areas of furniture making to ensure you can create practical and bespoke furniture using both traditional and modern techniques and materials to produce aesthetically pleasing and fit for purpose products.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4)
- Maths (grade C/4)
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
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Must be able to travel to work location BUNNY, NG11 6QJ
About this employer
Over the past 28 years Fine Finish have become one of the leading manufacturers of quality bespoke kitchens, bedrooms and home offices in the Midlands. Our Nottinghamshire showroom and adjoining workshop is based in the village of Bunny, ideally placed for customers across Nottingham, Leicester and Derby. We have an experienced team of designers who will work closely with clients to create a design perfectly suited to their needs. We can easily work with unusual spaces and shapes too, as everything is handmade to order. We also have our own spray facility on site and can match virtually any colour you desire, so we can create a truly bespoke design for the home. We offer a full service which includes design, planning, manufacture and installation, as well as our own quality guarantee.
Company benefits
Free onsite parking
All PPE
Uniform
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
This role offers opportunities to advance to an Advanced apprenticeship at Level 3, along with increased responsibilities.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WEBS TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000064095.
Apply now
Closes in 12 days (Thursday 26 November 2026 at 11:59pm)