Advanced Apprenticeship in Carpentry

Carpentry Advanced Apprenticeship Framework

The table below shows all the elements that are required to achieve the Carpentry Advanced Apprenticeship Framework. Apprentices must successfully achieve all the elements before an Apprenticeship Certificate is awarded by the Sector Skills Council - Construction Skills.

Apprenticeship

NVQ 3 in Wood Occupations. Mandatory Core Units:

  • Conform to General Workplace Safety
  • Confirm Work Activities and Resources for the Work
  • Develop and Maintain Good Working Relationships
  • Confirm the Occupational Method of Work

Site Carpentry Option. Mandatory Units:

  • Install First Fixing Components
  • Install Second Fixing Components

Plus any two units from the following:

  • Erect Structural Carcassing Components
  • Erect Complex Structural Carcassing Components
  • Maintain Non-structural and Structural Components
  • Set Up and Use Fixed or Transportable Machinery

Bench Joinery Option. Mandatory Units:

  • Produce Setting Out Details for Routine Products
  • Mark Out from Setting Out Details for Routine Products
  • Manufacture Routine Products
  • Manufacture Complex Shaped Products

Plus any one unit from the following:

  • Set Up and Use Fixed or Transportable Machinery
  • Produce Complex Shaped Product Details
  • Produce CAD Setting Out Details

Level 3 Diploma in Carpentry and Joinery:

  • Knowledge of Information, Quantities and Communicating With Others (3)
  • Knowledge of Building Methods and Construction Technology (3)

Bench Joinery:

  • Know how to and set up and use fixed and transportable machinery
  • Know how to and manufacture complex shaped joinery products
  • Know how to and produce complex shaped joinery product details
  • A synoptic practical assignment Site Joinery:
  • Know how to and erect complex structural carcassing components
  • Know how to and maintain non-structural and structural components
  • Know how to and set up and use fixed and transportable machinery
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