Overview
In the carpentry apprenticeship you will be using timber products to create and install building components.
- Entry requirements
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Level
Level 2
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Delivery/Study method
A minimum of 30 hours of on the job training at the work place per week (5 days per week), including 1 day to study theory at our Richmond campus.
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What will I learn?
The broad purpose of the occupation is working with wood-based materials and associated products to create and install building components.
This typically involves:
- Shaping and cutting materials
- Installing finished materials like partitions, doors, staircases, window frames, mouldings, timber floor coverings
- Erecting structural components such as floor joists and roofs.
This occupation includes two different options and people will either work on a construction site as a Site Carpenter or in a workshop as an Architectural Joiner.A Site Carpenter will prepare and install basic building components e.g. doors, straight staircases, wall and floor units and erecting structural carpentry and roof structures on a building site or in domestic and commercial premises.
An Architectural Joiner will create building components by setting out, marking out and manufacturing basic architectural products, including doors, windows, straight staircases and associated ironmongery
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Duration and assessment
The duration of the apprenticeship will typically be 24 months.
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Where next? Career/study opportunities
Apprentices can go on to jobs such as Architectural Joiner or Site Carpenter.