Carpentry and Joinery - Traineeship Level 2

Essentials

Duration: 2 Years Full-time
Start date: 4th September 2023
End date: 6th June 2025

Attendance at an information session is required.

Course fee: FREE (Eligibility criteria may apply)

The NI Traineeship provides a high-quality vocational education and training programme those who aspire to work within a specific sector.  If you are employed or will have an employer in place for when you are due to start the programme you may be ready to join the apprenticeship programme. 

Full details of both programmes are available below:

Traineeship  
Apprenticeship 

Course Content

Carpentry and Joinery will provide you with a wide range of practical woodworking skills and job-related knowledge.  There is a choice of two areas such as site and bench carpentry and joinery.

Units include:

• Health, Safety and Welfare in construction Skills
• Principles of building construction information and communication
• Maintain and use carpentry and joinery hand tools
• Prepare and use carpentry and joinery portable power tools
• Produce woodworking joints
• Carry out second fixing operations
• Set up and operate a circular saw
• Carry out first fix flooring and roofing
• Manufacture bench joinery products
• Prepare and use carpentry and joinery portable power tools

Meet the Apprentice

Tommie shares his experiences on what it is like to work, earn and learn with an apprenticeship.

Course Update

Please note from September 2024, all courses are planned to move to the new Coleraine campus.

You must:

• Have a minimum of a Level 1 qualification defined as 4 GCSEs at grades D-G including Maths grade D and English grade E or equivalent. 
• Attend an information session.

If you do not meet the entry requirement you may be able to join the Traineeship programme on an introductory phase.  Full details will be provided at the information session.

In the event of oversubscription, the College reserves the right to apply enhanced criteria.  See our Traineeship page for more information on enhanced entry criteria and the introductory phase.

On completion of the Traineeship, you can progress to a Level 3 further education course or a Level 3 Apprenticeship (possibly with your work placement employer).  This can lead you to Higher Education options.