About Us
North Coast Joinery is a family owned business which has been manufacturing on the Sunshine Coast for over 25 years.
We are committed to local employment, training local apprentices and keeping our manufacturing in Australia.
We supply a high level of training to our apprentices who are Australia's future craftsmen.
1987 Purchased North Coast Joinery business in Nambour with 1 employee.
1988 Our first apprentice was a young lady
1989 Started our 2nd apprentice in Timber Joinery
1991 Another apprentice indentured
1993 Allen and Lyn and family did 4 months volunteer work in Vanuatu
1993 Visited Londua Technical College and started involvement in encouraging training in Vanuatu
1994 Two young men from Vanuatu arrived to train with us for 4 months
1994 Our apprentice won a Training Award
1994 Commenced Work Experience placements from 5 different local high schools
1996 First Certified Kitchen Designer finishes training
1997 Second Certified Kitchen Designer finishes training
1997 Retrained a Mum who had been out of the Workforce for 12years
1998 Final year apprentice wins Training Award
1999 Signed up first Indigenous Apprentice.
1999 Commenced work experience training to “at risk” students through Noosa Youth Service
2000 Moved business to larger premises at Forest Glen
2000 4th year apprentice wins Training Award
2000 Commenced Industry placements for Tafe students
2000 Final Year apprentice won Advanced Training Award
2001 Finalist, Kitchen Project under 15 square metres
2001 Retrained a mature age person from a totally different industry
2001 4th Year apprentice won Outstanding Achiever Award
2001 Finalist Kitchen Designer of the Year
2002 Young man arrives from Vanuatu to work and train with us for 4 months.
2002 First Office Trainee commences.
2004 Training offered for Kitchen Design Course
2004 Winner of Construction Training Queensland Excellence Award
2005 Signed up our 4th Joinery Apprentice in 4 years.
2005 Winner Small Employer of the Year Wide Bay/Sunshine Coast
2007 Winner Small Business Partner of the Year for Queensland
2008 Young lady arrives from Vanuatu for work experience
2008 Lyn and Allen volunteer as Resource Administrators for Londua Technical College
2009 Apprentice taken to Londua Technical College for 1 weeks work and teaching
2010 4th year apprentice wins Phil Boron Highest Achievement Award
2010 Winner HIA/CSR Sunshine Coast/Wide Bay Kitchen over $30,000
2010 Office manager taken to Londua Technical College to assist with accounts