Carpentry - What Qualifications do you Need?

To become a carpenter you do not need any formal qualifications, however you are unlikly to get any work nowerdays without having a recognised qualification sutch as a NVQ in carpentry. This qualification is recognized as the industry standard and will allow you to apply for jobs as a carpenter or become a self employed carpenter.

The City & Guilds Basic Construction Skills: Carpentry & Joinery (6217) course will train you up to the required standard to be able to pass the NVQ assessment.

Basic Level of requirements to become a Carpenter:

• City & Guilds Basic Construction Skills: Carpentry & Joinery (6217)


• Wood Occupations NVQ levels 1 - 3

You do not need any previous experience or qualifications to start on a course, all you need is enthusiasm and a eagerness to learn your chosen trade.

Intensive Carpentry Courses

You will learn everything you will need to enter the workplace as a fully qualified carpenter including:

• Use hand tools such as chisels, planes etc
• Operating basic wood machines
• Cut and fit dado rails, architraves, skirtings and doorstops
• Fit a door lining/frame
• Fixing Skirting to a timber background
• Fixing floor joists and laying flooring
• Fixing door lining in stud partition or blockwork opening
• Hanging an internal door
• Making a casement window
• Fixing and stabilising trussed rafters

You gain the NVQ in carpentry when you are assess by a city & guilds examiner, who will observe your work and judge if you are up to the required standard.

By the time you have completed your carpentry course you should be more than capable of passing this examination.