Kick-start your career and prepare for an apprenticeship or a job as a labourer in construction projects. You'll learn foundation carpentry skills and theory, gain hands-on practical experience, and acquire knowledge in construction compliance, reading drawings, calculations, safety, building technology, and working with different construction materials. The programme is designed to get you work-ready for the building and construction sector.

Course Content

• Work safely in accordance with construction sector compliance and regulatory requirements

• Effective communication with colleagues and customers in the construction industry

• Reading and using specifications and drawings to complete construction projects

• Performing simple calculations for familiar construction tasks

• Understanding and applying carpentry terminology and concepts

• Basic building technology and materials (timber, concrete, steel, composites)

• Understanding and using interior and exterior linings and fixings

• Construction and installation processes and techniques

• Carrying out carpentry work in a project environment