Course overview
What You Will Study
Advanced Carpenters and Joiners work with wood-based materials to create and install components, and undertake complex tasks. This apprenticeship includes two different pathways and you will either work on a construction site as an Advanced Site Carpenter or in a workshop as an Advanced Architectural Joiner.
Pathway 1: Advanced Site Carpenters usually work on building sites or in domestic/ commercial premises, preparing and installing complex and bespoke components e.g. high quality doors, shaped linings, staircases with turns, complex units, erecting bespoke structural carpentry (inclined roofs and joists) and complex roof structures (e.g. inclined roofs with hips, valleys and dormers).
Pathway 2: Advanced Architectural Joiners will usually work in a workshop, producing complex building components by setting out, marking out and manufacturing bespoke products (e.g. doors, windows, staircases with turns and panelling/ cladding).
Course content includes:
Core duties, skills and competencies (both pathways)
Core knowledge units (both pathways)
All behaviours to be displayed by all skilled workers
You will complete the Level 3 Craft Carpentry and Joinery Apprenticeship Standard.
This apprenticeship will involve college attendance and off the job training.
You will develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours.
You need to have an employer to support your apprenticeship and be employed in a relevant job role.
The typical length of this course is 18 months.
This course is based at our Easton campus and has multiple entry points.
If you already have an employer for your apprenticeship, or would like more information on how to find an apprenticeship, please click Apply Now. If you are an employer who is looking to recruit an apprentice or already have someone you would like to enrol onto the apprenticeship course, please contact our Apprenticeships Team on 01603 773365 or email Apprenticeships@ccn.ac.uk to discuss the next steps.