Construction
Carpenter
Builds, installs and repairs wooden structures and components in buildings, on construction sites, in workshops and on renovation projects.
- Duration
- 4 months
- Minimum entry requirement
- At least 10 years of schooling (2nd year of high school)
- Age
- 21 to 45
- English
- level A2
What you learn to do
- Measures, marks and cuts timber
- Builds wooden frameworks, roof structures and supports
- Assembles and installs doors, window frames, stairs and partitions
- Prepares wooden formwork for concrete construction
- Installs wooden flooring and interior woodwork
- Repairs and renovates wooden structures
- Uses hand tools, power tools and woodworking machines; reads technical drawings
Where the skills are used
Why this trade
1
Practical, hands-on work
2
Specialise in roofs, joinery, flooring, furniture or construction carpentry
3
Progress to team leader, site supervisor or independent tradesperson
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