Apprenticeship training course
Furniture finisher (level 2)
Furniture finishers prepare and treat wood and manufactured boards, for example MDF and veneered boards to give it a smooth finish and bring out its natural beauty. Items to be finished could range from tables, chairs, lounge suites, cabinets, chests of drawers, bespoke furniture, kitchen units and shop fittings.
- Qualification level
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2
Equivalent to GCSE. - Typical duration
- 15 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Engineering and manufacturing
- Maximum funding
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£9,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Furniture polisher
- Polisher
- Spray finisher
- Spray polisher
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Agree scope of work and timescales with customers and plan activity.
- Prepare work area and maintain before, during and after tasks.
- Store materials, tools, and equipment.
- Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work.
- Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs), quality assurance requirements and monitoring procedures.
- Select and check tools, equipment and machinery.
- Set up, operate and monitor machinery, hand and power tools and equipment use to prepare furniture for finishing.
- Follow environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, procedures and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Inspect, sand, strip and repair surfaces for finishing and report issues.
- Apply colour matching and mixing techniques including checking compatibility and recording materials and ratios.
- Identify, select and prepare materials, tools and equipment to finish furniture by hand.
- Apply and adjust hand finishing techniques to create decorative effects or specialist finishes to furniture.
- Apply techniques to revive and protect existing finish.
- Record information - paper based or electronic.
- Identify and resolve common faults and issues in furniture finishing.
- Escalate issues or concerns.
- Apply preventative maintenance techniques to machinery, tools and equipment. For example checking, cleaning and lubricating.
- Apply basic continuous improvement techniques for example, 5 Why's, 5S, KAIZEN.
- Apply team working principles.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion legislation and guidance.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Identify, select and prepare materials, tools and equipment to spray finish furniture.
- Apply and adjust spray techniques to finish furniture.
Full information on Furniture finisher (level 2) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.