Kitchen and bathroom fitters install kitchens and bathroom suites in homes and businesses.
Average salary (a year)
£24000.0 to £45000.0 (starter to experienced)
Typical hours (a week)
40.0 to 45.0 a week
You could work
evenings / weekends away from home
You can get into this job through:
You could take a college course, which would give you some of the skills needed to start as a trainee in this job.
Courses include:
Entry requirements for these courses vary.
You could apply to do a Fitted Interiors Installer Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship to get into this job.
Apprenticeships in joinery, wall and floor tiling, or plumbing may also be acceptable.
You'll usually need:
some GCSEs, usually including English and maths, or equivalent, for an intermediate apprenticeship
You can apply for jobs if you've got experience and qualifications in a related construction trade like joinery, plumbing, tiling or plastering.
You may need to travel to other parts of the country for some jobs, especially on commercial and industrial contracts.
You'll find more details about careers in kitchen fitting and bathroom fitting from Go Construct.
You'll need:
As a kitchen and bathroom fitter, you could:
You could work at a client's home, at a client's business or on a construction site.
Your working environment may be dusty and physically demanding.
You could find work with building companies, design agencies, kitchen and bathroom manufacturers and retailers. You could also set up your own business.
In a larger company, you might become a:
You could also move into shop fitting, or train in computer-aided design (CAD) and work in kitchen and bathroom design.
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