Level 3 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:

• Key skills, health and safety and PUWER (The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations)
• Management duties
• Information required for production planning
• Methods of identifying, obtaining, organising and planning resources
• Liaising with suppliers, requesting & calling of materials & components
• Recording stock and deliveries, dealing with variations
• Programme planning and how to address hazards
• Storage use and handling materials and equipment
• Taking off - Estimating - Application of codes and legislations
• Systems of monitoring health and safety and how to avoid and reduce risks
• Contractual arrangements - Delivery requirements and constraints on supply systems
• Monitoring plant utilisation and suitability
• Maintenance and repair process, controlling deliveries against the programme - Planning, flow charts etc

BENCH JOINERY
Additional modules include:-

• Mark out rods for: Door frames, doors, stairs, wall & floor units, window frames,- Curved on plan or elevation
• Produce cutting lists, sheets lists, picking lists
• Set out and produce - Door frames, doors, staircases with newels, wall & floor units, window - Bay, bow, sliding sash
• Geometry - Circles, ellipses, segmental curves, scaling, dealing with specifications, schedules. Building - Regulations and critical dimensions
• Develop mouldings - Roman and Grecian, veneering processes, adhesives, sealants, fixings, fire resistant doors and frames
• Oils and lubricants, hazard identification, reporting process for emergency situations
• Woodworking machines - circular saw and use of jigs, templates and fixtures, maintenance and repairs
• Working with, hardwoods, softwoods, and sheet materials
• Machine calculations

OR

SITE CARPENTRY
Additional modules include:-

• Fitting swing, sliding, up & over doors and fire doors
• Modern and traditional complex roof construction to include hips, valleys etc

All students must be employed in the industry and have ONE from the following:

• 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C, including English, Maths and Science
• Level 2 Carpentry & Joinery CAA Diploma, plus GCSE English or Maths at grades A*-C
• Level 2 Carpentry & Joinery NVQ, plus GCSE English or Maths at grades A*-C
• Equivalent qualifications

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