This  Level 1 Diploma in Wood Occupations incorporates both Carpentry and Joinery and Furniture Studies developing confidences and building an introduction to wood trades that ideal for starting your training in this Construction Profession.  

You will learn safe working habits, PPE, tool care, and workshop housekeeping while building core hand skills in measuring, marking out, sawing, chiselling, planing, drilling, jointing, sanding, and finishing. Teaching covers simple drawings and basic tolerances, site carpentry fundamentals such as small frames and studwork, bench joinery basics including frames and panels to set dimensions, and a focused furniture strand where you explore design fundamentals, timber selection, simple joints for stools, small tables, or boxes, surface preparation, and finishing.  

Training takes place in well equipped workshops with individual benches, demonstrations on shared machinery, and close guidance from industry experienced tutors as you complete structured projects and build a photographic portfolio. 

Assessment blends short online knowledge tests with observed practical tasks and a small synoptic project where you plan, set out, and make a simple item to specification and deadline.  

On completion, you can progress to Level 2 Site Carpentry, Level 2 Architectural Bench Joinery, or an Apprenticeship, opening entry level opportunities as a trainee site carpenter, improver bench joiner, workshop assistant, or junior furniture maker, with clear next steps and employer aligned skills.