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Carpentry

We can match you with a Level 2 Site Carpentry course is available for alternative provisions from year 7-11.

Carpenters work with wood on building sites or in customers’ homes to fit or repair doors, window frames, stairs, floorboards, cupboards, roof trusses and partitions. They use traditional woodworking tools as well as specialised power or hand tools for cutting, shaping, smoothing and finishing.

At A Glance

  • Qualification: NOCN Level 1,2 diploma
  • Length: 12 week blocks

Next Steps

After completing the course there are a number of options available, depending on your final grade you could move onto the L3 Site Carpentry alternative provision or seek permanent employment.

What would you learn?

  • • Carry out a range of job tasks including measuring, marking out, fitting, cutting, splicing, finishing, positioning and securing
  • Install door and window frames, door and hatch linings, floor joist coverings, straight partitions and straight staircases
  • Install doors, ironmongery, service encasements, wall and floor units and fitments, cladding and staircase components
  • Erect inclined roofs with gables, joists, roof coverings and roof components
  • Repair or replace frames, mouldings, doors, windows, door and window ironmongery, roofing components, guttering and downpipes and window components
  • Use, maintain and store hand tools, power tools and associated equipment
  • Understand how to form specific joints required for site carpentry work, such as mitres, butt and halving joints

No matter what level you are currently working at, you will be expected to further your skills in English and maths.

What skills and qualities do you need?

  • Accuracy
  • Ability to read technical drawings
  • Good with your hands
  • Attention to detail
  • Mathematical skills
  • Physically fit
  • Team working
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