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Level 2
Carpentry & joinery | City & Guilds Diploma in Bench Joinery | Level 2 (part time)
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course is designed to develop your practical skills, knowledge of bench joinery, and understanding of the construction industry in general.
Our workshops are designed to provide you with learning facilities which simulate the workplace.
This enables you to gain experience using a range of woodworking machinery and equipment as part of the workshop programme.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Level 1 Carpentry and Joinery qualification
Upon successful completion of this Level 2 course, you will be able to progress on to a wide range of courses at Brighton MET, including:
- Level 2 Diploma in Site Carpentry
- Level 3 Diploma in Bench Joinery (Full-Time course)
- Alternatively you may choose to do the Level 2 Site carpentry apprenticeship standard which is a 2 year course.
Future careers
- Residential or domestic carpenters: specialise in new builds; renovation extensions and loft conversions.
- Commercial carpenters: build and remodel commercial and public buildings such as offices; hospitals and shopping malls.
- Industrial carpenters: work on civil engineering projects and in industrial settings; create and set forms for pouring concrete; build tunnel bracing; partitions and concrete forms for tunnels; bridges; dams; power plants or sewers.
- Bench joiners: work in static workshops; create jointed pieces of carpentry; paying close attention to detail and following technical drawings and plans.
- If you prefer the craft side of woodworking, you can move on to other areas such as furniture making, film set construction or even boat building.
You will be assessed throughout your course via practical activity observations, academic coursework and Multiple choice tests. Assessments are based around Practical tasks these include building a door and a straight flight of stairs. Your final grade will be a pass or fail although you will have a unit break down which will show pass, merit or distinction.
Steel toe capped boots, shoe’s, trainers are mandatory on all workshops, these must be brought by the learner. There are no other extra costs associated on the course. All materials and equipment are supplied by the college.