Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard in Advanced Carpentry & Joinery for Adults
Course Code: P270653
Key Information
Course type:
Apprenticeships
Campus:
North Harbour Campus
Start Date:
September 2025
Duration:
Flexible
Attendance:
One day a week
Fees:
Free
For those progressing from a Level 2 apprenticeship, looking to advance their knowledge and skills to cover more complex carpentry.
Units include:
- working safely and pro-actively in the application of good health and safety practice
- understanding the programme and work schedule and planning work accordingly
- developing and maintaining good working relationships with managers, supervisors and colleagues
- determining the best way of carrying out work and ensuring this is clearly communicated
- interpreting technical specifications and ensure compliance with relevant legislation/guidance
- selecting the required quantity and quality of resources required
- being prepared to take a lead when working in a team, especially when complex or non-standard work is involved.
You will normally work on a building site, or in domestic and commercial premises, preparing and installing complex and often bespoke building components such as high-quality doors, shaped linings, staircases with turns, complex wall and floor units, bespoke structural carpentry and complex roof structures. The main difference between the Level 2 and Level 3 apprenticeship is that the carpenter has responsibility for managing their own and other people’s work, as well as being required to complete complex and non-standard work.
You will need to have already achieved maths and English GCSE at grade 4 or above or Functional Skills Level 2.
You will be required to attend our North Harbour Campus one day a week over the duration of your apprenticeship programme.
You will spend six hours of your apprenticeship working towards your off-the-job learning, which can consist of college attendance, homework/coursework, project related work, employer training, mentoring, and coaching – plus other tasks.
Throuout your apprenticeship programme you will be required to gather work-based evidence and submit this to your e-portfolio system – Onefile. Your teacher will then be able to assesss evidence submitted and provide feedback.
It is important for you to take ownership of gathering all evidence ,as well as seeking out opportunities to gain new skills on the job with your employer. Learning in College will be delivered through a mixture of practical sessions and theoretical classes. You will also be required to complete independent study and research.
Your final grade will be determined through end point assessment, by a collective performance of the three areas below:
- online knowledge test
- skills test (practical assessment)
- professional discussion/interview (to demonstrate that you can apply a broad range of knowldge, skills and behaviours in the standard).
You could progress to a wide range of employment opportunities or move to full or part-time further education.
This standard meets the requirements of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) Advanced Skilled Worker standard and is widely recognised as a licence to operate in a skilled construction trade.
Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard in Advanced Carpentry & Joinery for Adults
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