- 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 woodcutting 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