- All applicants must be employed as an apprentice before applying to the College for training with us.
- Your employer must contact us regarding a place
- Most of your training (80%) will happen at your place of work. The rest (20%) is undertaken at College
- You will develop a good standard (L2) and advanced (L3) joinery skills
- Making and assembling advanced joinery products such as frames, cabinets, windows, doors and stairs
- Use of fixed woodworking machines
- Use of portable power tools
- Completion of study packs, practical pieces, module tests and end test (EPA)
Architectural Joinery L2 or Craft Carpentry L3
- Ideally Grade 4 and above in Maths and English. If you do not have these then we can help you achieve with training whilst at College.
- You must achieve Functional Skills L2 to pass your apprenticeship
Level 2 – 2 years excluding EPA
Level 3 – 15 months excluding EPA
There are generally no apprenticeship costs paid by the apprentice, your employer should pay the fees in the following ways:
Where a business employs fewer than 50 people, the government will pay 100% of the apprenticeship training costs up to the funding band maximum for apprentices aged:
· 16-18
· 19-24 with an education, health and care plan provided by their local authority or has been in the care of their local authority.
If you are over 19
· If your employer has a pay bill of more than £3 million, they are required to pay into the Apprenticeship Levy, which should cover apprenticeship training and assessment.
· If your employer is small to medium sized, they will pay 5% towards the cost of training and assessment. The government will pay the rest up to the funding band maximum.
Level 2
Level 3
- Site Supervision programme (CIOB)
- Heritage NVQ Level 3
- Construction Level 4
- Higher Level Carpentry and Joinery Course
You must be employed full time in the trade before applying for this apprenticeship, once you have done this you can submit an application form here or find out more about the learner journey.
