Carpentry

YOU HAVE AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN IN SITE CARPENTRY. THE DEPARTMENT AIMS AT TEACHING TRAINEES WHO WANT TO WORK IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. YOU WILL LEARN A WIDE RANGE OF SKILLS FROM HANGING DOORS TO CREATING STUD WALLS TO ROOFING. FOR TRAINEES WHO PROVE THEMSELVES, AN NVQ L2 IS POSSIBLE. YOUR TRAINING HERE WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD BACKGROUND TO GETTING AN APPRENTICESHIP COURSE WHEN YOU LEAVE OR GAINING FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.

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Our Carpentry Department can help you to...

Get your licence to work on sites (CSCS Card)
Get Working at Heights, Manual Handling & Emergency First Aid qualifications
Create frames, studwork and joists
Learn door lining and hanging
An NVQ L2 for trainees who prove themselves
No prior experience is necessary as full training is given

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Learning basics of the trade and gaining work experience.

Complete Level 1 basic theory course.
By the end of Level 2, trainees should have had the opportunity to take tests and acquire:

CSCS
Driving Theory
Emergency First Aid
Manual handling
Working at Heights
Health & Safety

Examples of dept skills you can learn;

Producing a range of basic joints
Using and maintaining different hand saws
Using and maintaining powertools
Site skills
Frames
Studwork
Door lining
Door hanging
Joisting
Service encasement

Increasing work experience and skill level.

Complete Level 2 basic theory course

By the end of Level 2, trainees should have had the opportunity to take tests and acquire:

CSCS
Driving Theory
Emergency First Aid
Manual handling
Working at Heights
Health & Safety

Examples of dept skills you can learn;

Producing a range of basic joints
Using and maintaining different hand saws
Using and maintaining powertools
Site skills
Frames
Studwork
Door lining
Door hanging
Joisting
Service encasement

Trainees who prove themselves and for whom it is deemed appropriate there may be opportunities to extend the placement and achieve a deeper level of work experience and skill.
Trainees might get the opportunity to work toward or achieve some part of the following: