Trainee Field Technician

Trainee Field Technician Furniture Templating & Measuring (Full Training & Company Van)

£30,420 per year based on a standard 39-hour week

Locations covered: Southampton, Portsmouth & Winchester

If you enjoy working with your hands, like meeting people, and want a hands-on career with a long-established, national company that has been trading for over 50 years, this could be the opportunity for you.

We are looking to train motivated individuals to become a Trainee Furniture Templater (also known as a Fabric Pattern Maker), visiting customers in their own homes to take accurate measurements and create templates. Your templates are then passed to our expert team of loose cover makers, who turn them into beautiful, made-to-measure furniture covers. No previous templating, pattern making or upholstery experience is required, but would be preferred and give you a distinct advantage over other applicants - Full training is provided from day one.

What We Provide

- Upholstery, fabric cutting and soft furnishings experience

- A company vehicle

- All tools and equipment needed for the role

- A company phone and tablet

- 24 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays

- Pension scheme

What We Are Looking For:

- A full, clean UK driving licence

- Previous Upholstery, Fabric cutting, Templating, curtains or soft furnishings experience preferred

- Willingness to drive up to 3 hours between customer appointments within your area

- Good practical, hands-on ability and strong attention to detail

- Good customer service skills, as the role involves working in customers' homes

- Any background in upholstery, loose cover making, curtain making, soft furnishings or tailoring is an advantage, but is not essential - full training is given

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