Furniture Carpenter

You cut the panel on the beam saw to the optimised list, edge it on the bander and check the glue line and the trimming. You bore the hinge and shelf holes on the drilling machine, assemble the carcass with dowels and eccentrics and square it before the back goes on. Solid work means machining on the spindle moulder and the thicknesser, sanding and hand finishing. You measure every piece before it leaves the bench. Hours are 07:00-15:00 from Monday to Friday, under the workshop supervisor.

Vocational training in carpentry, or four years in a furniture workshop

Reads a cutting list and a furniture drawing with board thicknesses

Handles a beam saw, an edge bander and a drilling machine

Assembles with dowels, eccentrics and glue, and squares the carcass

Careful with measurement, since a two millimetre error shows on a door

Basic English for machine menus and fitting catalogues

Residence permit valid for work in Spain

Net salary from 1400 up to 1540 EUR per month

Pay in fourteen instalments under the Valencia wood and furniture agreement

Permanent contract with social security registration from day one

Day schedule that finishes at 15:00, with no evening rota

Extraction at every machine and a heated workshop in winter

Paid training on the edge bander and the drilling machine

Glasses, hearing protection, gloves and safety shoes provided

Carpenters who learn to programme the beam saw and to prepare the optimised cutting list move to the preparation bench, a graded post that also handles measuring up at the customer's home.

A workshop with extraction at every machine, guarded saws and a separate finishing room with its own ventilation. Dust levels are controlled but present, so glasses, hearing protection and safety shoes are worn on the floor.