Architectural Joinery Apprenticeship Standard Level 2

Course information

The purpose of this course is working with wood-based materials and associated products to create and install building components. This typically involves shaping and cutting materials, installing finished. All work needs to be carried out safely, using the appropriate tools and to the quality specified.

An Architectural Joiner will create building components by setting out, marking out and manufacturing basic architectural products, including doors, windows, straight staircases and associated ironmongery.

In their daily work, an employee interacts with other construction roles such as bricklayers, plasterers and plumbers, supervisors, site management, architects, designers, contractors and customers.

You will be responsible for using machinery and tools under supervision to create structures or components from the designs, plans and specifications of architects and designers that meet the clients expectations. As an architectural joiner, they could include doors, windows and stairs, including ironmongery.

What You Will Learn

Awareness of health and safety regulations

Safe systems of work

Principles of building and modern methods of construction

Methods of interpreting and extracting relevant information from drawings and specifications.

Timber decay and repair methods:

Basic material estimation techniques, calculating lengths of timber, fixing requirements and a cutting list production methods.

Hand tool use and storage methods and techniques

Principles of good team working.

Setting out and marking out techniques for joinery product manufacture and potential effects of marking out errors.

Timber joints, types and production techniques: Dovetails, mortise and tenon, bridals and halvings.

Production and assembly techniques for standard right angled timber windows.

Finishing techniques for manufactured timber products: Sanding, painting, waxing, polishing, oiling and applying preservative.

Ironmongery installation techniques.

Amall business start up principles and tax.

Assessment

A full-time carpentry and joinery apprentice typically spends 24 months on-programme (this means in training before the gateway). The apprentice must spend at least 12 months on-programme and have to sit an EPA (end point assessment).

This EPA has 3 assessment.

Assessment 1 - multiple-choice test:
Assessment 2 - practical assessment with questions:
Assessment 3 - interview underpinned by a portfolio of evidence

All are marked as Fail, Pass or Distinction

Progression

Architectural Joinery Level 3

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