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Construction Trades (Multi-skills)

Learn the basic skills essential for construction with this Multi-Skills Level 1 Certificate and learn about different aspects of bricklaying, joinery, painting, plumbing and plastering.

Bricklaying, joinery, painting, plastering, tiling and plumbing are all taught in our purpose-built, industry-standard workshops. This course has the advantage that you will learn the basics of all the trades, allowing you to choose your favourite area to specialise in next year.

You will have access to our new workshops with industry-standard equipment, a well-equipped Joinery workshop and wood machine shop, purpose-made booths for painting and decorating, bespoke bays for solid plastering and plaster boarding, a well-equipped tiling area and an industry-standard plumbing workshop.

Our tutors are specialist craftspeople and have many years of experience in the construction industry in both large and small businesses with specialisms in heritage and conservation work. You will have the opportunity to enter the prestigious CITB Skill Build competition. All tools, equipment and materials are provided on this Level 1 Construction Skills course.

You will work through various units to accrue credits towards achieving the qualification. The more credits you have, the more units you will achieve.

Aireville Campus
Study Location
1 Year
depending on Level
How your qualification is made up

Entry Requirements

  • GCSEs grade 9-2 including English Language & maths

What you will study

Some of the units you will work towards achieving are:

  • Introduction to health and safety in construction
  • Introduction to the construction industry
  • Constructing halving joints
  • Constructing angled halving joints
  • Constructing bridle joints
  • Painting techniques
  • Applying decorative effects
  • Tiling a plain wall
  • Tiling floors with a border
  • Constructing half brick walling
  • Constructing half brick return corners
  • Constructing one brick walling
  • Preparing background surfaces and applying render coats
  • Producing components from moulds
  • Removing and refitting water-filled radiators
  • Working with non-manipulative fittings
  • Connecting flex to common apparatus
  • Bending and jointing copper pipes
  • Installing rain water goods

What's Next?

Further Study

  • Carpentry & Joinery Level 1
  • Plastering Level 1
  • Painting & Decorating Level 1
  • Plastering Apprenticeship
  • Painting & Decorating Apprenticeship
  • Carpentry & Joinery Apprenticeship
  • Bricklaying Apprenticeship
  • Property Maintenance Apprenticeship

Careers

  • Labourer
  • Tradesperson
If you wish to apply for a School Leavers course that starts from September 2026, please come in person to one of our enrolment sessions, you don't need to apply.
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