General workshop responsibilities:
- To contribute to maintaining a clean and efficient workshop.
- To have the flexibility to sometimes vary working hours to suit production needs.
- To understand and adhere to the company's Health & Safety policy including when the use of PPE is compulsory. To alert the Manufacturing Manager of anything that you feel could affect H&S.
- To show good time keeping.
- To have a reliable attitude towards wrapping, loading / unloading and assisting in the spray department.
- To act as an Ambassador of the company when on site and/or client facing.
Making requirements in addition to those described for the Furniture Maker level:
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- Competent and consistent with complex veneering, veneer allocation and veneer planning.
- Competent with setting and adjusting more complex machinery (Edge bander, Speed sander, veneer jointer etc.)
- Able to see all the steps to completing a complex project both independently and without unnecessary stages.
- Experienced with all normal site fitting & installation techniques.
The following skills will also be expected of a Senior Maker:
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- Ability to plan and schedule hours for a whole project or part of a larger project.
- Ability to time manage yourself and members of your team to ensure that the program is met.
- To help and assist team members to learn and progress.
- Responsibility for quality within your work and for anyone within you team.
- Ability to stand in for Project Leaders or look after aspects of a larger project under a Project Leader. Alternatively smaller jobs might be looked after independently.