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French polishers use traditional skills to treat wood and restore furniture and items like staircases, doors and musical instruments.
Doing a higher national diploma or degree in furniture design, decorative arts or furniture restoration can be useful if you want to start your own business. You'll usually need between 1 and 3 A-Levels, or equivalent, for a higher national diploma or degree.
You'll need:
In this role you could:
With experience, you could progress to supervisor or manager. You could start your own business.
Musical instrument makers and repairers create new musical instruments or repair ones that have been damaged.
Entertainers perform for audiences in stage, cabaret or comedy shows.
Taxidermists preserve mammals, birds, reptiles and fish for display in museums or private collections.
Music teachers give music lessons to people of all ages and abilities.
Newspaper journalists investigate and write up stories for local, regional and national newspapers.
Footwear designers create new designs and sample patterns for men's, women's and children's footwear.
Not only will your organisation (or the Government) pay for all of your training, but you’ll be paid to do it. That means you could actually get paid to get your degree and have no debt!
There are over 625 different apprenticeships to choose from, in a range of industries. Whether you’re interested in law, marketing, construction, or engineering, you’ll find something up your street!
As an apprentice, the minimum you’ll earn is £6.20 an hour, but we’ve seen apprentices earn a starting salary of up to £30,000 a year! You could also get other employee benefits like gym memberships, paid holiday, and sick pay.
Employers think apprentices are 15% more employable than those with other qualifications. In fact, many large employers train their graduates and apprentices together!
There’s only so much you can learn when you just do a qualification. As an apprentice, you’ll also get to learn on the job – whether that’s designing amazing graphics, chopping vegetables, or building engines!
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