Course Summary
Course Category: Apprenticeship Courses (FET / HET)
This course provides a comprehensive foundation in the craft of carpentry and joinery, focusing on the skills required to cut, shape, and join wood-based products using a diverse range of hand tools, power tools, and industrial machinery. Beyond technical mastery and manual dexterity, the program emphasizes the essential professional standards of the trade, including rigorous health and safety awareness, effective problem-solving, and meticulous attention to detail. Students will develop the ability to plan and organize projects both independently and collaboratively, ensuring they emerge with the aesthetic eye and customer-relation skills necessary for a successful career in the construction and woodworking industries.
Course Details
What will you study?
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Phase 1: With Employer
Induction Training
Introduction to Health & Safety
Introduction to Tools & Equipment
Introduction to Basic Skills
Phase 2: Delivered at Kerry College – Monavalley Campus(21 weeks)
You’ll study:
Tools and Joints
1st Fixing and Site Works
Timber Roofs
Joints in Moulded Timber
Joinery
2nd Fixing Activities
Team leadership
Communications
Phase 3: With Employer
Work Based Training and Assessments
Phase 4: Delivered in Educational Colleges (11 weeks)
You’ll study:
1st Fixing and Site Works
Timber Roofs
Joinery
2nd Fixing Activities
Team Leadership
Communications
Phase 5: With Employer
Work Based Training and Assessments
Phase 6: Delivered in Educational Colleges (10 weeks)
You’ll study:
1st Fixing and Site Works
Timber Roofs
Joinery
2nd Fixing Activities
Team Leadership
Communications
Phase 7: With Employer
Work Based Training and Assessments
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Realist
Realists are usually interested in 'things' - such as buildings, mechanics, equipment, tools, electronics etc. Their primary focus is dealing with these - as in building, fixing, operating or designing them. Involvement in these areas leads to high manual skills, or a fine aptitude for practical design - as found in the various forms of engineering.
Realists like to find practical solutions to problems using tools, technology and skilled work. Realists usually prefer to be active in their work environment, often do most of their work alone, and enjoy taking decisive action with a minimum amount of discussion and paperwork.
Further Research
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Career Progression
Opportunities extend to specialized roles such as shopfitting, timber-frame housing construction, and high-end architectural woodworking. With experience, professionals can progress into supervisory positions like site foreman or project manager, or transition into specialized areas such as heritage restoration and set design for film and theatre.