Position Overview & Specifications

Please apply by visiting the National Apprenticeship Website and searching for 'Woodland Floors LTD' or by vacancy number VAC1000152228.

We are recruiting for a wood machinist operative apprentice to work with us to produce high quality wood flooring products. Training & development will be given to become fully competent using a variety of machines. Duties include completing customer orders using a variety of machinery & tools, following work specifications.

What will the apprentice be doing?

The successful applicants would manufacture components & flooring used in flooring industry, producing high volume, repetitive, engineered products from timber. Presenting a wide and varied specification for both external and interior applications, products such as:

Flooring components & finished flooring
Door-sets
Staircase components

In their daily work, an employee in this occupation interacts with customers, delivery personnel, design office, internal stores.

Wood product manufacturing operatives typically work individually but can also form part of a larger production team and will report to the production supervisor/manager.

Tasks include:

Read and interpret specifications, diagrams and work instructions, and following these instructions
How to use and gain competency in a range of machinery to perform the task/operation required including static machinery, portable powered tools and hand tools
Prepare and operate Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) equipment
Adhere to quality standards and product accreditation processes for wood product manufacture
Maintain machinery and log faults for repair including greasing
Build tooling and set various wood working machinery including moulders, bandsaws, presses, double end tenoner and other specialist finishing machinery
Techniques for applying specified finishes to components and products
Install fixtures and fittings to wood products, for example magnetic and acoustic components on specific patented products
Maintain a good level of cleanliness in working areas

Job Types: Full-time, Apprenticeship

Salary: From £10,004.80 per year

Schedule: