Site Carpentry

Program Overview

The Site Carpentry apprenticeship is a Level 2 program offered through Bradford College. It provides hands-on training in carpentry and joinery skills through a blended learning model, with one day of classroom instruction per week. The program prepares apprentices for careers as either site carpenters or architectural joiners, and offers potential progression to advanced apprenticeship levels.

Program Outline

Outline:

The Site Carpentry apprenticeship is a Level 2 program offered as an apprenticeship. It has two pathways:

• Pathway 1: Site Carpenter: This pathway focuses on working on building sites or in domestic and commercial premises.
Apprentices will prepare and fix building components, from the initial stages of construction to installing fixtures and fittings, and performing repair and maintenance.
• Pathway 2: Architectural Joiner: This pathway involves working in a workshop to produce timber-based building components and architectural products (doors, windows, units, staircases), which are then installed on construction sites by site carpenters.
The apprenticeship covers the following skills, knowledge, and behaviours:

Knowledge:

• Calculating quantity, length, area, and wastage of resources.
• Understanding the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability, limitations, and defects of timber and timber-based products (hardwood, softwood, MDF, etc.).

Skills:

• Planning and executing work to commercial standards.
• Moving, handling, and storing resources.
• Accessing, interpreting, and using drawings.

Behaviours:

• Independent working and taking responsibility.
• Logical thinking, time management, and adaptability.
The program uses a blended delivery model. Apprentices spend one day a week at Bradford College for classroom-based learning, in addition to regular workplace assessments. The duration is one academic year, with year-round enrollment and part-time study mode.

Teaching:

The teaching method is described as a "blended delivery model," with one day per week of classroom-based learning at Bradford College.

Careers:

Upon completion of the Level 2 Apprenticeship, apprentices can progress to the Advanced Carpentry & Joinery apprenticeship.

• They construct, erect, install, and repair wooden structures and fittings (internal and external frameworks).
• They cut, shape, fit, and assemble wood to make templates, jigs, scale models, and scenic equipment.
• Expected salary: £29,158/year or £13.99/hour (with experience).
• Number of people in this job in Bradford: approximately 884.
• Expected vacancies in Bradford this year: approximately 41.
• Usually requires a Level 3 NVQ or A-Levels.

Other:

The apprenticeship is described as providing "first-hand experience" and teaching "the majority of the skills needed on the job." Entry requirements for the Level 2 apprenticeship include Entry 3 English and Maths.