Carpenter Cover Letter Example

Twenty-two kitchens and wardrobes went in under my crew last year, and every snag was closed within a week of handover. For the last three years I have led that crew at Domstad Interieurbouw, and the Lead Carpenter post at Vechtstreek Interieurbouw is the next step I want.

My crew of three fits kitchens, wardrobes and loft conversions worth up to €45,000. I measure every job on site myself and draw the cut lists, which has brought our timber waste down by about a tenth. Before any timber is cut, the client and I agree the plan in writing, and any change is signed off before work starts, so handover brings no surprises. Earlier, as a carpenter at Domstad, I fitted doors, stairs and floors in about 80 homes and built bespoke shelving and cabinets from drawings.

Vechtstreek Interieurbouw taking on its first two apprentices is what made me write to you. Training apprentices in joinery and safe tool use is already part of my week: I teach one apprentice joints and finishing now, and I learned the trade the same way, through three years of training at Houtwerk Utrecht. A workshop of 14 needs a lead who explains as well as builds, and that is the job I want. I hold the VOL-VCA diploma for operational supervisors, valid to 2033, and a current first aid diploma.

Give me one of your wardrobe drawings at interview and I will set out the cut list and the joints while we talk. Afterwards, tell me how you brief a crew before a loft conversion, because that is where most time is lost.