Free Level 3 Bench Joinery Course in Leeds – Leeds College of Building
CostFREE
Duration36 weeks
LevelLevel 3
DeliveryClassroom based
StartFlexible
Study modeFull-time
AttendanceDaytime
Awarding body
About this course
Free Level 3 Bench Joinery Course in Leeds. Classes run at Leeds College of Building, full-time during the day. You'll need to have completed a Level 2 Diploma before starting. The course runs for 36 weeks and covers the full range of bench joinery skills, from setting out jobs and marking traditional joints to manufacturing windows, doors and staircases in softwood and hardwood. You'll also learn to calculate and cost materials, and use hand tools, power tools and woodworking machinery.
Who this course is for
How to set out jobs full size and create cutting lists
How to mark out and cut traditional joints
How to manufacture various joinery components e.g. windows, doors and staircases in softwood and hardwood
How to calculate and cost materials
How to set up and use a range of hand and power tools and woodworking machinery
Entry requirements
You will have successfully completed a Level 2 Diploma.
What you will learn
You'll set out jobs full size and produce accurate cutting lists.
You'll mark out and cut traditional joinery joints.
You'll manufacture joinery components including windows, doors and staircases in softwood and hardwood.
You'll calculate and cost materials for joinery projects.
You'll set up and use a range of hand tools and power tools safely.
You'll operate woodworking machinery to industry standards.
How you will learn
You'll learn through classroom-based teaching and practical workshop sessions at Leeds College of Building. Assessment is through a combination of practical tasks and knowledge-based assignments that reflect real joinery work. You'll demonstrate your skills by manufacturing joinery components and completing set-out drawings and cutting lists.
What you will need to bring
The centre will provide most materials. Leeds College of Building will confirm anything else you need before you start.
Where next
Jobs you could do
Bench joiner. Manufacture doors, windows and staircases in a joinery workshop.
Site carpenter. Install joinery components on construction sites.
Shopfitter. Fit out retail and commercial interiors.
Staircase manufacturer. Specialist production of timber staircases.
Joinery supervisor. Oversee a team in a joinery workshop.
Self-employed joiner. Run your own bench joinery business.
What you could study next
NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Site Carpentry. Extends your skills to on-site installation work and supports a CSCS skilled-worker card application.
Level 4 Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Construction. A step toward technical or supervisory roles in the construction industry.
Architectural Joinery apprenticeship. Combines work-based learning with further study for those moving into employment.
