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Construction

Construction is one of the biggest industry's within the UK, with over 2 million of the public working within different types of roles. Once you begin your construction career, there are many opportunities to develop your skills and abilities in order for you to progress.

 

Our Brickwork, Joinery and Plastering courses cover a number of topics including building your knowledge, identifying tools, handling tools and storying correctly, as well as much more.

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West Lancashire College Wednesday 20th November 2024 7:45am - 9:00am Find out more

What can I study?

Carpentry and Joinery Level 2 (Evening)

This evening course is for school leavers and adults who are interested in a career in Carpentry and Joinery.

Length: 35 Weeks
Study: Part Time
Start date: 2nd September 2025
Location: West Lancashire College

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Introduction To Property Maintenance

The 7-week short course Introduction To Property Maintenance is ideal for adults who are looking to gain some basic introductory property skills.

Length: 7 Weeks
Study: Short Course
Start date: 2nd September 2025
Location: West Lancashire College

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100%*

pass rate for Carpentry and Joinery Diploma Level 2

*data from Proachieve September 2024

100%*

pass rate for Introduction to Property Maintenance Level 1

*data from Proachieve September 2024

Good

Ofsted Report January 2022

Meet our Construction students and tutors

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What can I do with a qualification in Construction?

Daily tasks:

  • Writes reports for funding bids and planning authorities and acts as expert witness.
  • Examines accident 'backspots' to improve road safety.
  • Assesses schemes to manage traffic such as congestion charging and parking controls.
  • Forecasts the impact on traffic and transport of new developments (e.g. shopping centre).
  • Records, monitors and reports progress.
  • Identifies defects in work and proposes corrections.
  • Regularly inspects and monitors progress and quality of work, ensures legal requirements are met.
  • Hires and may supervise site staff, establishes temporary site offices, takes delivery of materials.
  • Plans work schedules for construction projects based on prior discussion with architects, surveyors etc..
  • Assembles information for invoicing at the end of projects.

Median Salary

£37,219 View more

Daily tasks:

  • Maintains and repairs woodwork and fittings.
  • Checks accuracy of work with square, rule and spirit level.
  • Aligns and fixes prepared wood pieces by screwing, nailing, gluing and dowelling to form frames, shop fronts, counter units, decking, theatrical sets, furniture, small wooden craft, scale models and wooden templates.
  • Selects and measures appropriate wood and cuts, shapes and drills to specification using saws, planes, chisels and other power or hand tools.
  • Examines drawings and specifications to determine job requirements.

Median Salary

£27,859 View more

Daily tasks:

  • Reports as required to managerial staff on work-related matters.
  • Determines or recommends staffing and other needs to meet productivity requirements.
  • Liaises with managers and contractors to resolve operational problems.
  • Establishes and monitors work schedules to meet productivity requirements.
  • Directly supervises and coordinates the activities of construction and building workers and/or subcontractors.

Median Salary

£37,760 View more

Daily tasks:

  • Tests joints with electronic test equipment or by filling piping with water, smoke or compressed air.
  • Joints pipe by sealing with rubber, cement, lead, etc., connects piping to manholes and attaches pipe junctions as required.
  • Selects appropriate asbestos, clay, concrete, plastic or metal pipe sections and lowers them into prepared trenches using hoisting equipment.
  • Cuts, shapes and fits wood, lays bricks and tiles, cleans exterior surfaces of buildings and resurfaces eroded stone or brickwork, and performs other tasks in the construction, alteration, repair and demolition of buildings.
  • Selects appropriate plasterboard or dry lining panels, cuts them to required size and fixes them to ceilings and walls.
  • Fills machine with insulating mixture, positions hose, drills access hole and fills cavities or coats surfaces to prevent loss or absorption of heat and provide fire protection.

Median Salary

£23,916 View more

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