Furniture Cabinetmaker

You take a fit out drawing and build the piece from the panel up: cutting on the beam saw, edge banding, drilling to the hardware template, then assembly with dowels, biscuits and hinges. Solid oak fronts are faced, thicknessed and hand sanded before finishing. You check every carcase for square and against the diagonal before it is wrapped, and you write the parts list for the fitter who installs it on site. The workshop runs 07:00-16:30 Monday to Thursday, and you answer to the workshop manager.

CAP or BP in joinery or cabinetmaking

Five years in a workshop on fitted furniture or shop fitting

Confident on a beam saw, an edge bander and a spindle moulder

Reading a fit out drawing and a hardware schedule

Hand finishing solid wood with a plane and a sander

Careful with veneered panels, a mark shows on a finished front

Basic English for hardware catalogues and fitting instructions

Net salary from 1656 up to 1822 EUR per month

Permanent contract after a three month trial period

Four day week, the workshop closes on Friday

Meal vouchers of 9 EUR for each day worked, half paid by the employer

Profit sharing bonus tied to the workshop result

Machines and hand tools provided and kept sharp by the employer

Ear defenders, dust masks and safety shoes supplied

Cabinetmakers who cost and cut a job on their own move to the setting out desk, and the workshop takes its site fitters from the bench. The employer pays for the CNC nesting course.

A dry, heated workshop with extraction at every machine, a separate spray booth and benches with good daylight. Ear defenders, dust masks and safety shoes are mandatory and supplied.