Intensive, Level 1 or Level 2 ??
We often have people ask us what their future journeys would look like after completing either of our three course options. While the journey to become a professional tradesperson can be different for everyone, the ideal career path to becoming fully qualified would often resemble the steps below:
- Gain a Level 1 Qualification
- Gain a green CSCS operatives card
- If you want to work on a big housing site, then look for on site opportunities to gain experience
- Gain a Level 2 Qualification
- Gain a Level 2 NVQ
- Gain a blue CSCS card
Aside from the time commitment, there is a noticeable difference between our Intensive, Level 1 and Level 2 courses.
If the
5 Day Carpentry Course is a great workshop opportunity to finesse your DIY skills and learn face to face how to do your own projects with ease, and the 8-week course at our local academy is the best way to become a qualified professional carpenter
in record time, this 10 day course is the perfect middle ground: packed with the very same DIY skills, while covering some of the theoretical aspects needed to work on site, it allows you to get a wider grasp of the carpentry trade without feeling neither lacking nor overbearing on your time schedule.
While our
8-week Carpentry Course is more than enough to become a qualified carpenter, and enables you to further pursue an NVQ and a blue CSCS card, the advantage of this course is that the 2 extra weeks from this Level 1 course can potentially make a big difference when it comes to your employability, skills, knowledge and confidence as a tradesperson, and will most definitely be putting you ahead of your peers who have only finished the Level 2 Diploma. For that reason, if you start as an absolute beginner, it is always worth pursuing the Level 1 Award
before moving onto the Level 2 Diploma.
If you choose to pursue the
Level 2 Carpentry with us as well after having finished your Level 1, we also offer a budget-friendly
discount of £100 to upskill to the next level!
Upon completion, this NOCN Level 1 industry recognised course will grant you a wide understanding of the skills and knowledge required on how to start working as a carpenter, as the course is specifically designed for students with little to no experience. Most students leave this course and go on site to get experience working alongside a team of carpenters and gain hands-on site experience, or hop straight on a Level 2 course to become fully qualified.
If you do not wish to pursue a career in carpentry, or if the theoretical side of this course does not interest you at all but you still wish to learn carpentry for your DIY projects or home renovations, we recommend our
Intensive Carpentry Course, which covers the most important techniques of the basic practical skills needed to complete carpentry works. It's an incredibly practical and cost-effective choice for personal projects.
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