Apprenticeships give you the opportunity to learn and train in your chosen career as well as earning a regular pay packet. You will be given first-hand experience and learn the majority of the skills needed on the job, whilst also completing off-the-job training within college by day release.
Site carpentry apprentices work with wood on construction sites or in domestic or commercial premises to fit or repair doors, window frames, staircases, 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.
This course is delivered using a blended delivery model, an apprentice will spend a day per week at Bradford College
undertaking classroom based learning in addition to regular workplace assessments.
Level 2:
This is a core and options apprenticeship, with two pathways:
Pathway 1: A Site Carpenter will normally work on a building site, or in domestic and commercial premises, preparing and fixing building components, from the initial erection of a new building, through to the installation of all necessary fixtures and fittings, as well as a range of repair and maintenance activities.
Pathway 2: An Architectural Joiner will normally be employed in a workshop producing timber based building components and other architectural products, such as doors, windows, units and staircases, which are then transported to construction sites to be installed by site carpenters.
The following skills, knowledge and behaviours are what will be gained from this apprenticeship.
Knowledge
Skills
Behaviours
Level 2: Entry 3 English and Maths will be required to undertake this apprenticeship.
On completion of the Level 2 Apprenticeship, apprentices can look to progress onto the Advanced Carpentry & Joinery apprenticeship.
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Course information code: PA000173
