Duration 

18-24 months

 

Business Type 

  • Sawmills
  • Timber processing plants 
  • Joinery 
  • Cabinetmakers
  • Shopfitters

 

Duties of Trainee

  • Setting up and running machines
  • Selecting timber to machine
  • Tailoring out
  • Feeding machines
  • Stacking timber
  • Measuring, grading timber
  • Cutting timber to profile
  • Customer service
  • Housekeeping

 

Career Options

  • Tradesperson
  • Supervisor
  • Leading hand
  • Production Manager
  • Floor Manager
  • Quoting
  • Estimating
  • Design

 

Applicant Specifications/Qualities

  • Manual dexterity
  • Good eye hand coordination
  • Ability to ‘think outside the square’
  • Communication with other workers and supervisors
  • Able to work as a team or alone
  • Keen, reliable, and motivated
  • Able to work to deadlines