Apprenticeships
Pendennis is very proud of its award-winning apprenticeship scheme, which has trained over 375 young men and women in boat industry jobs over the past 27 years. Through these apprenticeships, we’re able to continually develop our workforce, maintaining the world-class standards that we uphold across every custom build or refit.
Just under one third of our current workforce has been trained by the Pendennis apprenticeship programme, including many who have progressed to senior positions such as project engineers, trade, and project managers. From carpentry, woodworking and joinery apprenticeships to marine electrical and plumbing apprenticeships, there’s a world of boat building and yacht building careers to choose from.
We’ll help you to develop your maritime career and yourself. Join us on an apprenticeship in Cornwall and you’ll be taking the first step on a programme that – alongside gaining experience and qualifications – will help you to develop a range of other transferable skills to support your working life.
Your continuous professional development is important to you and to us, and we will help to guide and support your learning as we follow your progression throughout your apprenticeship.
APPRENTICE RECRUITMENT 2025
Download our Apprenticeship Application Pack below to begin your apprentice application process.
We are delighted to be recruiting for a new cohort of apprentices for a July 2025 start. Our apprenticeships will lead to a specialism in either engineering, electrical, joinery, fabrication/welding or yacht painting and follow a four-year course.
Click here to read more about the different types of apprentice schemes that we offer.
You can download the application pack for our apprenticeship schemes below.
If you wish to apply, please complete the form, and return it to us by 5pm on Friday 28th March 2025. It will not be possible to process any applications received after this time. Please take your time to complete the application form, be succinct and provide the relevant information as requested.
Applicants successful at this first stage of the application process will be invited to attend aptitude testing (session times will be confirmed).
Those applicants most successful at the testing will be invited to attend an interview at Pendennis Shipyard. Subsequently successful applicants will be informed within two weeks of interview, with the General Engineering apprenticeship starting in July 2025 and other apprenticeships in September 2025.
Good luck and we look forward to receiving your completed application form. If you need any further information, would like to request the application pack in an alternative format, or need to contact us during the process, please email apprenticeships@pendennis.com.
An apprentice is mentored by a graduate apprentice in the electrical workshop. Photography by Stuart Pearce/Yachtshot
