CARPENTRY PATHWAY

Ready to start your carpentry career? Take the first step towards your future by joining North Hertfordshire College’s Carpentry pathway.

If you’re looking to start a career in the construction industry, specialising in woodwork, NHC’s Carpentry pathway is a great choice. This pathway enables you to learn, develop and practise the skills required to progress to further study, an apprenticeship, or into employment at the end of your course.

Delivered through a mix of classroom theory sessions and practical workshop sessions, this course will give you the skills to progress into the carpentry industry.

The units are designed to teach you the underlying principles and practical skills of carpentry, as well as an overview of the principles of construction, building technology, and terminology.

Specific topics covered include:

• Maintaining and using hand tools
• Preparing and using portable power tools
• Producing woodworking joints.
• Health and safety

As you develop in this pathway, you’ll cover the main skills and knowledge you need to enter the world of work as a carpenter.

You will study the following units:

• Principles of construction
• Structural carpentry
• Non-structural carpentry before and after plastering
• Timber technology and the use of a circular saw

Depending on your course level, you’ll also study an additional qualification in the awareness of Retrofit – the process of updating existing buildings to improve their energy efficiency and functionality. This is a key government strategy in reducing carbon emissions, as well as being a stand-out CV feature for employers.

If you haven’t got them already, you’ll also study your maths and English qualifications, as they are essential in this industry.

On this pathway you will also further develop your ‘work ready’ skills through relevant work experience, volunteering in the community, or work with an industry partner on a specific project.

Town Centre Campus