Carpentry & Joinery Apprenticeship

Campus locations

Phase 4 and Phase 6 of the Carpentry & Joinery apprenticeship are facilitated at the following ATU campus location:

ATU Sligo

Course Overview

A Carpentry and Joinery craftsperson is a highly skilled and knowledgeable partner in the construction industry. The scope of their work is both wide and varied and is mainly wood related. The Carpentry and Joinery craftsperson uses both traditional and modern methods to achieve the required building standard and can adapt to new technologies and techniques in response to the emerging needs of the workplace.

Carpentry work tends to be site based and ranges from formwork on foundations to fitting the kitchen of a newly built home. Joinery work tends to be based in a workshop where machinery is used to create a range of timber products. This can include windows, doors, staircases, furniture or prefabricated components to be fitted later on-site. Some Carpentry and Joinery craftspeople may specialise in a particular area and become a master craftsperson in for example roofing or stair manufacturing.

The Carpentry and Joinery apprenticeship programme is designed to enable a person to obtain the skills, knowledge and competence to perform effectively as a craftsperson in industry. The programme allows the apprentice to integrate the knowledge and skills acquired during their time in college with their on-the-job training in industry enabling the apprentice to achieve the high level of competence expected of craftspeople in the contemporary workplace. It blends work placed learning with college-based learning over a 4-year duration.

Why choose a Carpentry & Joinery Apprenticeship

1. An Internationally Recognised Qualification: An apprenticeship in Carpentry and Joinery in Ireland is internationally recognised and can be your passport to guaranteed work across the world.
2. Career Progression: There are wonderful opportunities for those interested in progressing their career following completion of their apprenticeship. For more information on opportunities of progression here at ATU visit www.atu.ie
3. QQI Qualification: On successful completion you will be a fully qualified Carpentry and Joinery craftsperson with a QQI level 6 advanced craft certificate qualification

Careers

Areas that a carpenter/Joiner could end up specialising in might include:

• Formwork Domestic foundations to multistorey commercial units
• Roofing Cut roofs and truss roofs from flat roofs to complex curved structures
• Joinery Hand skills, tools and machinery in the manufacture of joinery components

Who should apply?

Choosing an apprenticeship in any trade is a very individual decision. However, attending university can often be quite expensive, with many students opting to undertake part-time jobs to cover their cost of living. In this regard, apprenticeships can be an excellent option as working is part of their educational pursuits.

Adding to this, an apprenticeship could also be appealing to someone who struggled in academia. Some people learn more while doing the task at hand, meaning this could be a better way to further their education.

Contact

Padraig McGarry
Head of Department, Engineering Technology, ATU Sligo
Tel: + 353 (0)71 93 05483