Level 2 Carpentry & Joinery NVQ

This course is 2 separate courses and students will study either Site Carpentry OR Bench Joinery.

All students cover the following modules:

• Health and safety
• Storing materials
• Identifying hazards
• Kinetic lifting
• Waste disposal
• Protective resources
• Behaviour of employees on site

Also consists of how to deal with:

• Delivery notes
• Specifications
• Schedules
• Legislations
• Emergency procedures for spillages, fires, accidents etc

Hand Tools -

• Sharpening
• Powered hand tools
• Design of jigs and templates

• Timber technology
• Sheet and board materials
• Hardwoods and softwoods

Trade Calculations -

• Costing
• Pricing
• Estimates

Operatives Responsibilities -

• Finding information
• Causes of injuries
• Adhesives
• Abrasives
• Preservatives and sealants
• Methods of erecting and dismantling scaffolding equipment
• Defects found in scaffolding equipment, towers, trestles, hop-ups, ladders and staging

BENCH JOINERY
Additional modules include:-

• Marking out for routine products
• Set out, make and assemble doors, windows, stairs with turns and other joinery components

SITE CARPENTRY
Additional modules include:-

• Door linings, casings, frames, floors, roofs, trim to roofs, window boards, stud partitions, grounds
• Fixing stairs and balustrades
• Laying floors, laminating
• Constructing and fixing kitchen wall and base units
• Jointing work tops, PUWER (The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations), causes of injury
• Personal hygiene
• Irresponsible behaviour
• Second fixing to new and alteration work
• Hanging exteriors and interior doors, skirting boards, architraves, pipe-boxing and fixing sink units

All students must be employed in the industry, pass an initial assessment activity in literacy and numeracy as part of the interview and have ONE from the following:

• 4 GCSEs (3 at grades A*-D and 1 at grade A*-E) including English and Maths
• Level 1 Diploma in a construction discipline, plus GCSE English and Maths (1 at grade A*-D and 1 at grade A*-E)
• Equivalent qualifications

Adults 19+ who have industry experience but do not have the necessary qualifications are welcome to apply.