Approx. duration: 24 months
Start Date: September and January
Attendance: One day a week at the Rural Campus
Entry requirements:
- Individual employers will set their selection criteria for applicants
- Apprentices need to be employed for a minimum of 30 hours a week and have a contract of employment
- Entry into the Apprenticeship is subject to a thorough skills scan assessment to clarify course suitability
- Entry onto the Apprenticeship is subject to 4 GCSEs grades 9-1/A-G including Maths and English or Functional Skills Level 1
- Apprentices aged 16-18 years are subject to the mandatory requirement to study towards and achieve English and Maths Functional Skills at Level 2 where the Apprentice only holds the level 1 qualifications (GCSE grades D-G/3-1)
- Following the updated ESFA Apprenticeship rules, from 11th February 2025. Apprentices who begin their apprenticeship training when aged 19+ will no longer be subject to this mandatory requirement. It is now the decision of the apprentice and their employer at the start of their apprenticeship to choose to study towards a Maths and English qualification
On-programme learning:
- Carpentry and Joinery Standard
- English and Maths (if required) Level 2
Progression:
Site Carpenter or Bench Joiner progression onto Level 3 Apprenticeship
Course Summary:
The main goal of this occupation is to work with wood-based materials and related products to create and install building components. This typically involves shaping and cutting materials, installing final elements such as partitions, doors, staircases, window frames, mouldings, and timber flooring, as well as assembling structural parts like floor joists and roofs. All tasks must be carried out safely, using the proper tools, and adhering to required quality standards.
This occupation includes two different options. People will either work on a construction site as a Site Carpenter or in a workshop as an Architectural (Bench) Joiner.
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.
Architectural Joiner
Will create building components by setting out, marking out and manufacturing basic architectural products, including doors, windows, straight staircases and associated ironmongery.