- TU Code: B115
- SOLAS Trade Code: 91
- Level: 6
- Duration: 4 Years
- Award: National Craft Certificate Apprenticeship
- Sector: Construction
- Location: Bolton Street (Linen Hall)
On completion of this four-year apprenticeship, you will become a fully qualified wood manufacturer and finisher, with a QQI Level 6 Advanced Certificate Craft – Wood Manufacturing and Finishing.
You may then choose to work as a wood manufacturer and finisher in a joinery or furniture and kitchen manufacturer.
Working as a wood manufacturer and finisher, you will be involved in cutting, shaping and joining wood and wood-based products using wood working machines, power tools and hand tools.
You will manufacture household furniture like tables, chairs, doors and stairs.
The areas of work covered are modern, traditional, reproduction and restoration; stairs, windows, doors and wood mouldings; and stains, polishes and finishes.
Working as a wood manufacturer and finisher, you will be involved in cutting, shaping and joining wood and wood-based products using wood working machines, power tools and hand tools.
You will manufacture household furniture like tables, chairs, doors and stairs.
The areas of work covered are modern, traditional, reproduction and restoration; stairs, windows, doors and wood mouldings; and stains, polishes and finishes.
To become an apprentice in Ireland you must be hired by an employer. Apprenticeship employers are formally approved by SOLAS in advance of employing apprentices. Apprentices get a formal contract of employment as part of their apprenticeship.
To find an apprenticeship, you can search apprenticeship vacancies on the Apprenticeship Jobs page. You can search for vacancies by location and by apprenticeship.
Your local Education and Training Board may also hold details of employers seeking to employ an apprentice.
Full eligibility criteria for each apprenticeship is available within the details of each programme.