Level 2 Carpentry & Joinery

Course Overview

The course combines practical and theory sessions and will enable you to gain good practical skills with underpinning job knowledge of Carpentry and Joinery. You will cover a range of units, such as how to erect and dismantle working platforms, and construct carcassing for floor and roofs.

Entry Requirements

Progressing students

English & Maths: GCSE Grade 9-3 or Level 1 Functional skills and Level 1 Carpentry

A satisfactory reference for attitude, behaviour, attendance and punctuality.

What the course covers

Mandatory Units:

• Construction Health & Safety
• First and Second Fix Carpentry Operations
• The Construction Industry

Optional Units May Include:

• Maintaining Non-Structural Carpentry Work
• Undertake Structural Carcassing Operations
• Preparing and Using Carpentry and Joinery Portable Power Tools
• Setting up and Operating Cutting and Shaping Machinery
• Producing Setting Out Details for Routine Joinery Products
• Marking Out Routine Joinery Products from Setting Out Details
• Manufacturing Standard Joinery Products
• Construction Information, Quantities and Communications
• Construction Principles
• Employment in the Construction Industry
• Environmental Awareness and Sustainability in Construction
• Erect and Dismantle Access Equipment or Working Platforms
• Handle, Move and Store Resources
• Introduction to Self-Employment in Construction
• Mixing Construction Materials
• Modern Technologies in the Construction Industry
• Personal Skills in the Construction Industry
• Establish Work Area Protection and Safetly

Work Experience is a part of this course, the hours and dates will be determined by the course tutor. Work experience can be up to a maximum of two weeks on an external placement, you are encouraged to source your own placement with support from the WEX Team and your course tutor. Where external placements are not possible you will be expected to take part in simulated work experience organised by the college.

Fees and funding

Please note:

• Students aged 16 to 18, or those aged 16 to 24 who have a valid EHCP, and are studying Further Education courses are not normally charged course fees
• Adults may need to pay a fee depending on their personal circumstances. This will be assessed against the relevant Funding Body eligibility criteria at point of enrolment

If you don’t qualify for fee remission, the fees for 2026/27 will be:

£2,544 (plus registration fee to be advised at enrolment)

Fees are for 2026/27 entry and apply to students eligible for home fee status enrolling to funded programmes. The fees quoted are subject to personal circumstances and will be confirmed at the time of your enrolment, depending on eligibility criteria. For more information about financial support for students, please click here or email studentfinance@nescot.ac.uk

Essential Personal Protective Equipment: Students are required to provide steel toe-capped boots and overalls for practical work – approximately £51.