Cabinet Maker Apprentice

11 Recruitment; Perth; On-site; AUD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

TAFE training

Job summary

11 Recruitment is looking for candidates for a cabinet making apprenticeship in Perth, Australia. This role provides the opportunity to develop practical cabinet making and joinery skills while attending TAFE one day per week.

Your responsibilities include learning to operate machinery, cutting timber, and assembling cabinetry. The ideal candidate has a keen interest in woodworking and attention to detail.

This is a permanent role requiring working rights aligned with long-term employment in Australia.

Qualifications

• Willingness to attend TAFE one day per week during term time.
• Ability to work accurately from plans and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop core cabinet making and joinery skills.
• Produce work that meets workmanship and quality standards.
• Operate safely in a workshop and manufacturing environment.

Skills

Attention to detail

Practical, hands-on ability

Education

Interest in completing a cabinet making apprenticeship

Job description

About our client

Our client manufactures kitchen cabinets, vanities, laundries and joinery products, mainly for new residential homes. The role sits in a workshop environment where workmanship, accuracy and safety are central to day-to-day operations. The team works from plans and specifications, using hand tools, power tools and woodworking machinery to produce cabinetry components and completed joinery items.

About the opportunity

This apprenticeship will support you to develop cabinet making and joinery skills through formal TAFE training and workshop-based learning. You will assist with the manufacture of cabinetry for kitchens, vanities, laundries and residential joinery projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop core cabinet making and joinery skills in the first 12 months.
• Produce work that meets workmanship and quality standards.
• Operate safely in a workshop and manufacturing environment.
• Build capability to read plans and complete cabinetry tasks.
• Become a reliable member of the workshop team.

Duties will include measuring and marking materials according to plans, cutting timber products, laminates and board products, operating machinery under supervision, assembling cabinets and drawers, applying edging, laminates, finishes and hardware, and maintaining tools, machinery and the workshop area. Over the apprenticeship, you will move from supervised tasks to broader responsibility, with the aim of developing into a cabinet maker who can interpret drawings, complete standard tasks and contribute to production outcomes with less supervision.

About you

We are looking for someone with a genuine interest in cabinet making, woodworking, joinery or construction. You may be starting your trade career and want to combine TAFE learning with practical workshop experience.

Qualifications

• Interest in completing a cabinet making apprenticeship.
• Willingness to attend TAFE one day per week during term time.
• Practical, hands‑on ability.
• Good attention to detail.
• Ability to work accurately from plans and specifications.

What’s on offer

This role offers the opportunity to start and complete a cabinet making apprenticeship while gaining experience in a workshop that manufactures cabinetry for residential homes. You will receive TAFE training one day per week during term time and apply that learning through hands‑on work in the business.

Employment details

This is a permanent role, and applicants must have working rights that align with long-term employment requirements in Australia. Sponsorship will not be provided.