But if youhave no or very little experience in joinery, and not necessarilymuch time for training, how can you be sure of getting your newcareer off to a solid start?
One pieceof advice we would give you here at YTA,is to ask us about our certificatein carpentry & joinery courses.Spending just 10 days at our West Yorkshire training centre presentsyou with the opportunity to achieve a full qualification – the NOCNCskills Level 1 Certificate in Carpentry and Joinery.
Such aqualification will give you something powerful to show to would-beemployers or customers, to indicate to them your competence in yourtrade. This, in turn, will allow you to set down the strongestpossible foundations for your new career.
Getting to grips with a wide range of keycarpentry and joinery skills
You mightbe wondering just how much you can expect to learn about this variedtrade in 10 days, and the short answer is: a lot. You don’t needany prior experience in carpentry and joinery to be able to take onthis 10-day course, which will train and assess you in no fewer thanfive units making up this sought-after Level 1 qualification.
The coursebegins with those enrolled learning how to use the basic hand toolsassociated with carpentry, including saws and chisels. You’ll go onto learn about the vital processes of marking, cutting andchiselling, producing a series of common woodwork joints – eachjoint being slightly more challenging than the last.
As thecourse progresses, you will have the opportunity to put thesenewly-acquired skills to good use, including to chop in hinges usinga chisel into a door and door frame, as well as for the constructionof a door frame with a half lap joint. You will also be tasked withbuilding a stud partition from scratch, including the door frame.
Also keyto your programme of learning will be architrave and skirting. Wewill get you to work a jig that consists of various awkward angles,so that you can develop your capability in the miting of a skirtingboard on internal and external angles, as well as straight anglecuts.
Ask us today about our highly ratedcertificate in carpentry & joinery courses
The aboveis just a summary of what you can expect when training in carpentryon this in-demand 10-day course; to learn more about what else isinvolved, pleaseconsult our online course page.
As the UKand the wider world gradually emerge from what we all hope will bethe worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, now is a great time to carefullyconsider what you want from your life – and whether a career changemay be in order. If training in carpentry and joinery is an ambitionof yours, YTA can help make it a reality for you.
Call 01274682199 or 07400 922788 today,or email info@ytatraining.com,and we’ll talk you through the possibilities, so that you cansettle on the training route that best suits your current abilitiesand aspirations.
