Carpentry & Joinery Apprenticeship
Carpentry and Joinery involves carrying out skilled work, primarily using timber products, either on a construction site or in a workshop, creating and installing building components.
This is a core and options Apprenticeship, with two pathways:
As a Site Carpenter Apprentice, you will normally work on a building site, or in domestic and commercial premises, preparing and fixing building components, from the initial erection of a new building, through to the installation of all necessary fixtures and fittings, as well as a range of repair and maintenance activities.
As an Architectural Joiner Apprentice, you will normally be employed in a workshop producing timber-based building components and other architectural products, such as doors, windows, units and staircases, which are then transported to construction sites to be installed by site carpenters.
Entry Requirements
- There are no formal entry requirements for this apprenticeship, but you may be required to do an Initial Assessment to ascertain your suitability for the course
- If you do not hold a qualification in Maths & English at Level 1, you will be required to pass Functional Skills in these subjects and work towards Level 2 prior to the completion of the apprenticeship
- No other specific qualifications are required as full training will be given
- Employment in the industry
What you will study
- Safe use of Hand tools
- Power tools and equipment
- Estimate resource quantities
- Principles of environment
- Health & safety and welfare
- Understand responsibilities under current legislation
- Plan and undertake work practices productively
- Safe use, storage and maintenance of tools and equipment
- Interpret information from drawings and specifications
- demonstrate a range of fundamental skills including measuring, marking out, fitting, cutting, splicing, mitring, scribing, horizontal and vertical levelling (including laser levelling)
- finishing, positioning and securing
- Effective Communication
- Effective Team Working
- Logical Thinking
- Working Effectively
- Adaptability
What's Next?
Careers
- Site Carpenter
- Architectural Joiner
- Cabinet Maker
- Bench Joiner
- Project Manager
- Designer
