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Carpentry and Joinery – Architectural Joiner – Level 2 Apprenticeship
COURSE OVERVIEW
The apprenticeship standard involves carrying out skilled work, primarily using timber products, either on a construction site, or in a workshop, creating and installing building components.
The course is delivered in the college and workplace. It comprises of a college-based training plan, and English and Maths to level 2 (if this is required).
The training plan will cover the following topics with both practical and theoretical elements:
- General workplace Health, Safety and Welfare, Effective and Productive Working Practices, Moving, Handling and Storing Resources, Erecting Structural Carcassing Components.
- Manufacturing and Installing First & Second Fixing Components
- Maintaining structural and non-structural Carpentry Work
- Setting Up and Using fixed and Transportable Cutting and Shaping Machines
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.
For further information, please contact our apprenticeship team via email – apprenticeships@chichester.ac.uk
FURTHER INFORMATION
Apprentices must be in paid employment in the relevant industry to cover the requirements of the standard.
You will be invited to an interview with a member of the course team who will help determine your suitability for the apprenticeship programme. You will need to demonstrate your potential to do well on a demanding apprenticeship, including the potential to succeed in your chosen discipline.
For further information, please contact our apprenticeship team via email – apprenticeships@chichester.ac.uk.
Completing the Level 2 Apprenticeship in Carpentry and Joinery could allow you to secure permanent employment as a Site Carpenter or Architectural Joiner.
You may want to complete further study. This could include the Advanced Apprenticeship Standard in Carpentry and Joinery.
Achievement of this standard will meet the requirements of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) ‘Skilled Worker’; standard.
We will provide further information about the requirements of the apprenticeship programme at interview.
Your progress will be measured using a range of methods:
- Workplace assessments.
- Practical and theory tests.
- Project work.
- Evidencing your work-based activities, testimonies and professional discussions.
Assessment will take place both during and at the end of the apprenticeship.
Completion is dependent on successful achievement of the qualification elements and the endorsement of the employer after a professional discussion with the apprentice and training provider.
Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to take the tests for this level prior to taking the end-point assessment.
There is no cost to an apprentice.
If you are an employer employing an apprentice over the age 21 (without an EHCP) then you are likely to pay 5% towards the training cost.
If you are an employer with an Apprenticeship levy (i.e. your payroll exceeds £3 Million) then you will pay in full from your levy account.
You will be required to wear appropriate clothing, PPE and safety on-site boots with steel-toe cap protection when you are in the workshop. As an apprentice we encourage you to wear your typical work-gear from the company that you are employed by when you are on your day release at college.
For more information on this Apprenticeship or other Apprenticeships we offer, please contact our friendly Apprenticeship team on 01243 812948 or email apprenticeships@chigroup.ac.uk