Free Level 1 Carpentry and Joinery Course in Newcastle upon Tyne. Classes run at Trinity Academy Newcastle, full-time during the day. This carpentry and joinery course runs for one year and gives you hands-on experience in a specialist training environment, plus a work placement in a construction setting. You'll learn from skilled staff and have the option to take Health and Safety Certificates alongside your studies. Completing the course can lead into a pre-apprenticeship programme, which may open doors to an apprenticeship or employment.
Who this course is for
You will gain real experience and knowledge of working in the Construction Industry, you will learn from highly skilled staff in a specialist training environment, the course will involve a work placement in a real construction environment (length assessed on a individual basis) and an option to progress to our highly successful pre apprenticeship programme which could lead to gaining an apprenticeship or employment. The course also offers an option of gaining Health & Safety Certificates and a CSCS card. This course may include Functional Skills or GCSE Maths and Englishdepending on previous qualifications.
Entry requirements
16-18
What you will learn
You'll develop practical carpentry and joinery skills in a specialist training environment.
You'll learn to use and maintain tools and equipment safely.
You'll apply health and safety practices used in the construction industry.
You'll gain knowledge of materials, fixings, and components used in carpentry and joinery work.
You'll complete a work placement in a construction setting.
You'll build an understanding of how construction sites operate.
How you will learn
You'll learn through classroom-based sessions and practical workshops at Trinity Academy Newcastle. Assessment includes hands-on practical tasks and knowledge-based work completed throughout the course. A work placement forms part of the programme, with the length assessed on an individual basis. You may also have the option to work toward Health and Safety Certificates alongside the main qualification.
What you will need to bring
The centre will provide most materials. Trinity Academy Newcastle will confirm anything else you need before you start.
Where next
Jobs you could do
Carpenter's labourer: entry-level site work supporting qualified carpenters.
Joinery workshop assistant: preparing and assembling timber components.
Construction operative: general site work across trades.
Apprentice carpenter: how to become a carpenter through an apprenticeship programme.
What you could study next
Level 2 Diploma in Site Carpentry (City and Guilds): the next step toward skilled carpenter status and a CSCS skilled-worker card.
Level 2 Diploma in Bench Joinery (City and Guilds): focuses on workshop-based joinery if that's the direction you want to take.
Carpentry and Joinery Apprenticeship: combines paid work with further training, and the pre-apprenticeship route at Trinity Academy Newcastle is designed to lead here.
