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Carpentry & Joinery - Pre-Apprenticeship: NQ (Level 5)

A joinery student focused on chiseling wood, using a mallet at a workbench during practical training in a woodworking class.
Qualification Qualifications Explained
NQ
Study Mode
Full Time
Duration

1 Academic Year - 2.5 Days p/w
Start date
Aug 2025
Campus
East End
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Course overview

This course will provide you with the confidence and skills required to become a craft apprentice in Carpentry & Joinery.

The course aims are to improve employability prospects by developing the following.

  • Carpentry & joinery practical knowledge and skills.
  • Problem solving skills.
  • Transferable skills that can be related to areas within the construction industry.
  • Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills (CV assistance)

The course will also provide you with a qualification in Health & Safety and further prepare you for the Construction Skills Certification (CSCS) test.

What you will learn

  • In addition to a range of Carpentry & Joinery units, you will undertake activities on
  • Health & Safety, Construction Drawing, Numeracy and ICT.
  • Carpentry and Joinery: An Introduction
  • Develop Bench Joinery Skills
  • Manufacture Joinery Components
  • Carpentry and Joinery Repair and Maintenance
  • Construction Occupation Practices
  • Health and Safety in a Construction Environment
  • ICT
  • Additional units in
  • Develop Constructional Carpentry Skills
  • Develop Site Joinery Skills
A female joinery lecturer in a black t-shirt speaking in a well-equipped workshop at Glasgow Kelvin College, with the text 'Why study joinery at Kelvin?' displayed above her.

Our construction lecturer Tracy explains the benefits this course can offer students who are preparing for the world of work as well as providing core skills for life.

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Entry requirements

The course has no formal entry requirements, but applicants should have a genuine interest in carpentry & joinery and be aiming to gain a craft apprenticeship on course completion.

For this course, if English is not your first language

  • If you do not have a formal ESOL qualification but your language skills meet this level, you should apply for your course and then contact our Admissions team to organise an internal language assessment  here at the College.

The course will be delivered via blended learning using classroom and online activities along with practical workshop activities.

Future prospects

While the pre-apprenticeship course is in carpentry & joinery there are many transferable skills and attitudes gained throughout the progress of the course which may lead to employment in other areas within the construction sector.

A joinery lecturer demonstrating woodworking techniques to a student, carefully inspecting a wooden plank on a workshop bench.
Woodworking equipment including clamps, timber planks, and a bright yellow safety helmet neatly arranged on a storage rack in a joinery workshop.
Joinery students working in a well-equipped workshop, using woodworking machinery to cut timber pieces, with other students and staff collaborating in the background.
A joinery student carefully measuring and marking timber in a brightly lit woodworking workshop, focused on accuracy and precision.
Two joinery students concentrating deeply, using chisels to precisely shape wooden components on a workbench during a practical woodworking class.
A joinery lecturer in a workshop, standing at a workbench surrounded by woodworking tools and timber, looking confidently towards the camera.
A joinery student carefully positioning a large wooden panel in preparation for assembly in a woodworking workshop.
Two joinery lecturers in a woodworking workshop operating machinery, carefully guiding timber through cutting equipment, wearing safety gear.

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