Learners will work on developing the following knowledge, skills and behaviours:

• Work safely and be aware of key health, safety and welfare issues.
• Plan and carry out their work to commercial standards of quality and speed.
• Move, handle and store resources, such as materials and timber components, complying with relevant legislation & guidance.
• Interpret and follow verbal and written work instructions from trade supervisors and site managers.
• Select the required materials to carry out the work, such as correct timber, tools and fixings.

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.

Specific Site Carpentry Skill Requirements 

On completion of this apprenticeship, site carpenters will have acquired occupational skills to be able to:

• Carry out a range of job tasks including measuring, marking out, fitting, cutting, splicing, finishing, positioning and securing.
• Install door and window frames, door and hatch linings, floor joist coverings, straight partitions and straight staircases.
• Install doors, ironmongery, service encasements, wall and floor units and fitments, cladding and staircase components.
• Erect inclined roofs with gables, joists, roof coverings and roof components.
• Repair or replace frames, mouldings, doors, windows, door and window ironmongery, roofing components, guttering and downpipes and window components.
• Use, maintain and store hand tools, power tools and associated equipment.

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.

Specific Architectural Joiner Skill Requirements 

On completion of this apprenticeship, architectural joiners will have acquired occupational skills to be able to:

• Carry out a range of job tasks including drawing, measuring, marking out, fitting, finishing, positioning and securing.
• Produce setting out details for the manufacture of doors, windows and opening lights, units and stairs.
• Mark out timber from setting out details for the manufacture of doors, windows and opening lights, units and/or fitments and staircases.
• Create, fit and assemble components to manufacture doors, windows with opening lights, units and/or fitments and staircases.
• Use, maintain and store specific architectural joinery tools and equipment, such as marking and testing tools, power tools and hand tools.

We must ensure that an apprentice spends the required minimum of contracted working hours developing the skills, knowledge and behaviours illustrated on the Standard. This is achieved via a flexible approach and also by using learning that occurs as part of the job role within the workplace:

• Regular assessor visits at workplace (Monthly)
• Reviews in the workplace with Line Manager
• College workshop sessions with lecturer weekly.

End-Point Assessment is the final test for apprentices during their apprenticeship. It is designed to be an objective and impartial assessment of an apprentice’s knowledge, skills and behaviours developed during the course of their apprenticeship programme. At the end of an apprenticeship, the apprentice will go through a ‘gateway’ process where they are signed-off by their employer as ready for a final assessment of their knowledge and practical capabilities. The assessment will be conducted and graded by an independent End Point Assessment Organisation.

NOCN are the end point assessment organisation for this course, and the test will consist of:

• Knowledge assessment – A short written test lasting 45 minutes.
• Practical assessment – delivered in a controlled environment approved by the Independent End-Point Assessment Organisation, which could be at the employer’s place of work, at a training provider facility, or at an approved assessment centre.

The entry requirement for this apprenticeship will be decided by each employer.

Learners may have experience in a similar course/job role and will hold a GCSE Grade 4/C or Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and English. Maths and English are a vital part of your apprenticeship and can really support your progression on your chosen course.

If you do not already hold these levels of Maths and English, we have a friendly and experienced team of lecturers; who can support you throughout and will arrange exams once you are ready. We deliver Functional Skills in a variety of ways; including classroom based and online study.

The achievement of this standard will meet the requirements of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) ‘Skilled Worker’ standard, which is widely accepted in the sector as a ‘licence to operate’ in a skilled construction trade.

On completion of this standard, apprentices may choose to progress onto the Level 3 Apprenticeship in Advanced Carpentry and Joinery.