Bench Joiner/Cabinet Maker Apprentice - E.E. SMITH CONTRACTS LIMITED x7 positions

Working alongside other fully skilled cabinet makers/ bench joiners gaining knowledge of the bespoke furniture/joinery manufacturing industry at the highest level learning the trade and achieving a recognised qualification.

Working week

Shifts to be confirmed between the following hours: Monday - Thursday, 7 .00am - 6.00pm, Friday, 7.00 am - 5.00pm and Saturday, 7.00am - 11.00 am.

40 hours a week

Reference number

VAC1000308753

What will the apprentice be doing?

Duties include:

• Training in our on-site training academy

• In house training program

• Working alongside other fully qualified and skilled operatives

• Attending college

• Making bespoke furniture involving all aspects of joinery

• Working as a team with other operatives is a duty

Your training plan

• The successful applicant will work towards the Furniture Manufacturing Level 2 Apprenticeship attending Leicester College Freemen's Park Campus on a block week release

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 2 or equivalent)

• Maths (grade 2 or equivalent)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Problem solving skills

• Team Player

• Positive Mentality

• Enthusiastic

About the employer

EE Smith Contracts is one of the UK’s leading specialist interior fit-out contractors. Privately owned, and operating from our purpose-built headquarters in Leicester, we’ve been setting the industry standard for over 100 years. We are experts in fitting out some of the world’s most prestigious hotels, commercial interiors and private residences. Our interior solutions are engineered to the finest tolerances, ensuring the finished product perfectly matches the designer’s vision. EE Smith Contracts is also one of the UK’s leaders in training apprentice joiners and cabinet makers. We take on new applicants every year, and have seen over 200 apprentices successfully pass through our programme. It’s this marriage of technology and tradition that allows us to deliver high-quality solutions to design briefs without compromising on aesthetic requirements. Our outstanding level of project management is one of the key elements which sets us apart within the saturated industry. With an in-house team of directly employed design managers, technical services managers & pre-construction coordinators, we are able to seamlessly take a project from tender stage to completion, whilst providing a consistent project management team to the client. This ethos is at the core to our success & is one of the many reasons we have such longstanding repours with our repeat clients. This close control over every detail makes us proud to be one of the UK’s very few contractors with a turnkey offering.

After this apprenticeship

• Gaining a permanent position as a qualified cabinet maker/bench joiner with potentials of career progress

Address

25 Morris Road
Clarendon Industrial Estate
Leicester
LE2 6AL