Customer Service Apprentice
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Company: United Carpets and Beds
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Location: S80 1QA
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: Apprenticeship Minimum Wage
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Sector: Sales, marketing and procurement
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Ref: NAS-2000056908
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Application Deadline Date: 30/10/2026
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Start Date: 16/11/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: The shop is open 7 days per week and the successful candidate will work 5 days per week, including weekends, with days off in the week to cover. Working hours are typically 8.30am - 5.00pm. Exact hours to be confirmed.
Brief Description
This a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic apprentice to join a well-established family business in a customer-facing retail sales role with strong opportunities for progression, learning and development. We work as part of a large national group franchise operation but are a small friendly team at Worksop.
Future Prospects
If the Apprenticeship is successful there will be opportunity to progress and develop within the company.
Vacancy Detail
United Carpets require a Customer Service Apprentice for their Long Eaton branch, the shop is open 7 days per week and the Apprentice will be required to work 5 days per week including weekends and bank holidays and annual leave is 20 days per year. The ideal person must have good customer service skills, be numerical and have good English language skills and be physically fit and must also be able to work on their own or as part of team.
The Worksop branch is a retail sales shop dealing with the public and all aspects of paperwork and financial elements involved, the right candidate must be physically fit as the role involves taking receipt of cut length carpets, underlay and rolls of carpet that have to be racked up.
Specific duties to include:
- Greeting and serving customers
- Answering telephone enquiries
- Taking in carpet stock deliveries
- Measuring Carpets for Customer and arranging delivery/dispatch
- Displaying stock
- Dispatching stock
- Processing paperwork
- Maintaining shop appearance
Other Information
There is a lot of day to day manual handling as part of this role.