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Training Opportunities

Furniture Restoration Trainee / Delivery Technician

Furniture Restoration Trainee / Delivery Technician

This is a unique opportunity to work across two highly respected sister companies. Kendals Restoration is dedicated to the high-end restoration of fine antique and modern furniture. Hamilton Billiards specialises in manufacturing, restoring, and installing bespoke snooker and pool tables. This dual-focused role offers the rare chance to learn a traditional craft from master restorers […]

Leather Goods Apprenticeship

Leather Goods Apprenticeship

For more than 50 years Price Western Leather Company has been dedicated to one simple mission – ensuring frontline professionals can rely on their equipment when it matters most. Proudly manufacturing in Britain, they combine traditional craftsmanship with practical operational insight to create premium duty equipment trusted by forces and organisations across the UK, and […]

Trainee Scissor Manufacturers

Trainee Scissor Manufacturers

Established in Sheffield in 1760, William Whiteley & Sons Ltd’s heritage spans over two centuries. Every pair of scissors they produce is meticulously hand-made, assembled, and tested by their skilled craftsmen, using techniques that have been honed and passed down through generations. They are seeking motivated individuals to join their team as Trainee Scissor Manufacturers. […]

Apprentice Leather Worker

Apprentice Leather Worker

Deadline: 10 July 2026 Charles F Stead & Co Ltd is world-renowned for producing some of the finest suede leathers in the world. Its suedes are recognised internationally for their quality, innovation and craftsmanship and are supplied to many of the most prestigious footwear and fashion brands globally. Over the course of the 15-month Leather […]

Production Trainee

Production Trainee

Craven Dunnill Jackfield is one of Britain’s most respected ceramic tile manufacturers, with over 150 years of heritage producing high-quality wall and floor tiles for architectural, restoration and design projects throughout the UK and beyond. They are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Production Trainee to join their team at their Jackfield factory. This is a […]

Heritage Machinery Conservation Internship

Heritage Machinery Conservation Internship

Deadline: 1 July 2026 Are you curious about how things work? Interested in history, engineering, conservation or making? Want to build hands-on skills while working with incredible historic machinery? This is a unique opportunity to begin a career in heritage conservation by working with the Science and Industry Museum’s collection of historic textile looms. This […]

Fibrous Plasterwork Apprentice

Fibrous Plasterwork Apprentice

Deadline: 31 July 2026 Fine Art Mouldings is seeking a motivated and hardworking apprentice to join its team and learn a specialist trade within the architectural mouldings and decorative plasterwork industry. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside experienced craftsmen and designers, producing bespoke mouldings, cornices, ceiling features, and decorative architectural details for prestigious […]

Military Finisher and Bespoke Finisher Apprentice

Military Finisher and Bespoke Finisher Apprentice

Headquartered at No.1 Savile Row Gieves & Hawkes is a global destination for the very best menswear, from legendary bespoke tailoring to exceptional ready-to-wear. With roots planted firmly in a military tailoring tradition, Gieves & Hawkes has over 250 years of trading history and has counted every British Monarch since George III among an esteemed […]

Craft Apprenticeships (two posts)

Craft Apprenticeships (two posts)

Deadline: 30 June 2026 Cox London is an art-forward studio crafting furniture, lighting and objects driven by a shared reverence for beauty and nature. By nurturing creativity, fostering curiosity and cultivating empathy, they seek to inspire a future where artistry enriches lives, always pushing the confines of what’s perceived to be possible further and further. These […]

Trainee Curtain and Blind Maker

Trainee Curtain and Blind Maker

From their workshop in the grounds of Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, The Boys Who Sew provide premium soft furnishing services to some of Britain’s best interior designers. They offer an end-to-end experience, which includes measuring, making, and installing, and including curtains, blinds, cushions, tracks and poles and upholstery. They sew for some of the finest public […]

Heritage Trainee – Traditional Building Skills

Heritage Trainee – Traditional Building Skills

Deadline: 7 June 2026 The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is looking for a Heritage Trainee (Traditional Building Skills) to join its Conservation Building team. The role is project-funded through support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) and the Michael Bishop Foundation. As Heritage Trainee you will develop practical skills and foundational knowledge in the conservation, […]

National Lottery Heritage Fund
Swire Charitable Trust
Julia Rausing Trust
Goldsmiths' Foundation
Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation
King Charles III Charitable Fund

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