<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c252ffb-7fff-4e3a-38c3-455632501d52"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">New Opportunities for 2025 to join our highly successful Kitchen Installations apprenticeship programme</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Are you interested in learning a new profession, gaining new skills and experience to launch your career with the UK’s leading home improvement retailer?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re looking to recruit new colleagues onto our established 18 month programme. The apprenticeship offers a unique opportunity within the trade sector, tapping into life and trade skills with mentoring support and, on completion, a nationally recognised qualification (Level 2 Fitted Interiors)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Wickes work with over 2000 kitchen installers across the UK, and the apprenticeship programme can open doors to many great careers in the industry. Opportunities for people in a sector that can be flexible around them and deliver the potential to go on to set up their own business.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">During your apprenticeship, you will work alongside a Wickes Approved Installer and will be installing Wickes kitchens into our customers’ homes. This gives you a fantastic opportunity to experience the working environment and put all of your learning into practice. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The formal training element of your apprenticeship will be delivered by our approved training provider WEBS Training Ltd and is focused on the technical aspects of fitting a kitchen, behaviour, customer services and setting up your own business. WEBS are a well established independent training provider serving the furniture manufacturing sector for more than 50 years. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Throughout your programme you will have a personal training officer, as well as support from your Line Manager, who can help you to plan your exciting future following your apprenticeship. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">To be part of this phenomenal opportunity we ask you to bring a genuine interest in a trade focused career, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); vertical-align: baseline;">the energy to thrive in an environment where no day is the same. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); vertical-align: baseline;">Alongside this you will need some other tools for the job</span></p><br><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Excellent practical skills and an awareness of health and safety</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">A ‘can-do’ attitude with good problem solving skills and ability to complete work to deadlines</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Great communication skills and customer focus</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">As an apprentice you will be required to travel to customer's homes, so it will be necessary for you to hold a valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle to travel to work.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2.38464; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">What can we offer you?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">There are a lot of different career paths out there. So, why this one?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">With more than 230 stores nationwide, our kitchen and bathroom showroom has a wide collection of ranges and we offer a complete design and installation service. We have been offering a fully installed service to our kitchen and bathroom customers for over ten years.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">We are currently the only kitchen and bathroom retailer to offer this complete service, giving us – </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">and you – an advantage in the marketplace. But more importantly, the Wickes brand is a stamp of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">quality. Customers come to us because they trust us and the standard of our work.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">Wickes’ culture is our best kept secret; it’s collaborative, down to earth, fun and inclusive, where </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">people feel part of a winning team. All our colleagues come from different backgrounds, but what </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">we all have in common is a determination to succeed and a passion for being the best we can be.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">Here, you can make the most of your talent. If that sounds like you, we’ll make you feel right at Home.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">With a Wickes apprenticeship, you not only learn from the best, but can become one of the best.</span></p><br><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Vacancy Reference #</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Please contact us </span><a href="https://www.wickescareers.co.uk/reasonable-adjustments" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.wickescareers.co.uk/reasonable-adjustments&source=gmail&ust=1665218416227000&usg=AOvVaw2727RLDdu25CVf4RaodB8R" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">here</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> if you require any adjustments within the application process. If you require any reasonable adjustments at the interview stage you will have an opportunity to inform us when we invite you to interview. Please note, this link is only for reasonable adjustments required - general enquiries, or direct CV applications cannot be accepted via this form.</span></div>