Hi Kell, welcome to my world. I've been looking and talking to people for about the past 6 months trying to find employment or apprenticeships.
And my finding won't be what you want to hear. Firstly almost every furniture maker or cabinet maker that i've spoken to don't recognise qualifications or have much respect for them.
The only places that would take someone on as an apprentice or as a graduate of the city and guilds course was some faceless factory in nottingham somewhere at minimum wage working on an assembly line.
It seems to me there are really on two options:
1. Fund your own training, build up some portfolio work and trawl all the local companies and hope they are willing to take someone on.
Or
2. Build up your skill levels and go freelance.
I have had to shelve my idea's of doing cabinet/furntiure making for a living and instead i'm looking into joinery as there are more openings for new-comers and more companies willing to train you up.
As for courses, I can't recommened Bruce Luckhursts cabinet making courses more highly. They'll get you up to speed on tool technology, how to use and sharpen you tools correctly, do the basics and learn important joining techniques, his course will also give you an insight into the industry as he has been doing it almost as long as Noah. I have written a mini-review in one of my other threads ('Of to Ashford I go').