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Code: OCDI2D011
Level: 2
Duration: 1 day a week over 2 years
Type: Part Time
Awarding Body: CSkills/City & Guilds
Start Date: September, 2009
Carpentry - Diploma (Part-time)
Code: OCDI2D011Level: 2, Type: Part Time
Aim of course
This course is for those candidates wishing to progress into employment in carpentry or mature students with some site experience with a wood bias who wish to achieve a qualification.
What will the course involve?
The course contains a mixture of practical assessments and theory work culminating in an online examination.
The part-time Level 2 Diploma in Wood Occupations is studied one day/week over 2 years.
Course Content
The course has a mainly practical bias covering all aspects of carpentry and joinery, including 1st and 2nd fixing and use of power tools. Areas of study include: floors/roofs; doors/windows; studwork; stairs; woodworking machines; site organisation and safety; panelling and cladding; kitchen fitting; power tools and equipment; access equipment; preparation and assembly of joinery products.
What can I do afterwards?
On completion of this course you would be considered for a part-time Level 3 Diploma or use this as a basis for gaining an NVQ 2 in Wood Occupations. As the NVQ is only assessed in the workplace, you would need to find employment with a company whose work covered all the required units of the NVQ.
What do I need?
This course requires a Level 1 Diploma or 2 GCSEs at grade D or above, or equivalent and some practical carpentry experience.
