Trainee Crafts Person

Geoffrey Parker are makers of the worlds finest board games. With a 60+ year history in excellence, we're now looking to recruit a new craftsman or woman to join our highly skilled team of craftspeople.

We're looking for someone to join the team who possesses skills in the following areas. The right candidate doesn't need any previous leatherwork experience but they do need to have passion for working with their hands. The candidate will also have to have means of transport due to our rural location. A vital attribute we’re looking for is a keen attention to detail alongside the following:

· Not precious about others completing their work or needing assistance

· Happy to work both individually and as a part of a team

· Confidence to give everything a try

· Can follow instructions well

· Works well under time pressure & deadlines

· Great at timekeeping

· Willing to go the extra mile to help out when the team is under pressure

· Pro-active & takes initiative

· Happy to ask questions to aid learning.

· Patience and perseverance

· Reacts well to feedback, including the critique of work/product.

Our high standards mean we'll take you through each stage of producing our products in great detail, guiding you along the way. To give you an idea of tasks here's a typical list of duties:

· Quality check materials and components for faults;

· Cutting leather - Learning knife skills, CAD machinery, Traditional Cutting Machines.

· Skive materials (shaving/reducing thickness) ready for next stage of production;

· Prepare materials ready for next stage of production;

· Fine edging & production techniques unique to Geoffrey Parker

· Basic carpentry work

· Custom embossing leather goods

· Ink/dye raw/cut leathers edges

· Hand / Machine sew/glue leather components and where applicable assemble the components to produce parts or the whole of a finished product;

· Examine finished leather/leather product for quality;

· Repair and/or rework leather/leather goods to fix any issues;

· Quality Control on your own and other’s finished work

Throughout your training, you will also be timed on each process, during this you will be helped to improve timings and quality to eventually, produce each item we offer to the exact high standards of Geoffrey Parker.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Apprenticeship

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Apprenticeship

Benefits:

• On-site parking

Application question(s):

• Do you have the means of travel to get to Geoffrey Parker? Our offices are rural with very few busses.