Practical learning for practical roles
Our apprenticeships are mainly practical – for people who want a practical job and don’t want to be stuck behind a desk. We are specialised in furniture and interiors, offering apprenticeships in furniture manufacture and interiors – including fitted furniture installation and floorlaying.
It’s great to be able to be able to finish your day at work and physically see what you have achieved!
No debt. New skills. And a paying job.
You will have a paid job, where you will receive training in the workplace but also receive additional training from WEBS – both practical and theory work to help you be the best at your new role.
No debt. New skills. And a paying job.
Why the furniture and interiors industry?
Furniture and interiors is literally all around us.
At home, at work, leisure spaces, retail spaces – they almost all have furniture and flooring. Every building we go in, and even some spaces outside, has furniture.
Which means it needs people to design it, sell it, transport it, install it, and of course, make it.
- over £40 billion to the economy
- 28,500 companies
- 290,000 jobs
- £11.35 billion to the economy
- 6,880 companies
- 91,000 jobs
However, a lot of the workforce is now older, which means it is now more important than ever for new people to join the industry. When you choose furniture and interiors, you are choosing an exciting sector, that is important to the UK and UK heritage.
A lot of UK-manufactured furniture still uses hand processes – which means that furniture manufacture can really be modern day craftmanship.
It also supports the construction and trades industries, where furniture and interiors installation along with floorlaying supports new build housing estates and commercial development.
So what are you waiting for?
Requirements
There are no set requirements for starting an apprenticeship with WEBS – so how you did at school, or what you have done previously really does not matter.
You can complete an apprenticeship if you are:
Leaving school
If being sat behind a desk wasn’t for you, a practical apprenticeship could be more suited to your natural skill set.
Practically minded people are often overlooked at school – at WEBS we can see the true value of those who work in this way, and we are passionate about building these skills and your confidence to go with it.
Wanting to re-train
Apprentices can be 16 – 60+ so at any point in your working life you can decide to re-train through an apprenticeship.
If you find yourself in a job you don’t enjoy, you don’t have to be stuck there forever. Explore how you can relaunch your career with an apprenticeship.