Carpentry & Joinery - Site Carpenter Level 3 Apprenticeship

Site carpenters work with building materials (most often wood) to create and install building components. This typically involves shaping and cutting materials, installing finished materials like partitions, doors, staircases, window frames, mouldings, timber floor coverings and erecting structural components such as floor joists and roofs. Apprentices normally work on a building site or in homes or commercial premises. They will prepare and fix building components from construction of new buildings through to installation or fixtures and fittings, they might also carry out a wide range of repair and maintenance jobs. Advanced Site Carpenters manage their own and other people’s work and completes complex and non-standard work such as curved products, irregular joints and bespoke work.

Duration: • 15 months practical training period, plus 3 months for End Point Assessment

Delivery model:• Work-based training with your employer• Day release during term time (approximately 1 day per week for 15 months)• Approximately 5 on-site visits per year• Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and English (7 days at college for each, if required)• Off the job training will count for at least 6 hours a week of an apprentice’s time at work

Qualifications included:• Level 2 Functional Skills in English and Maths• SiteRight Fire Door Installation Awareness

End Point Assessment:• Multiple choice knowledge test• Practical test• Professional discussion based on a portfolio of evidence