Building & Joinery

Working in NMIT’s carpentry barn and enclosed construction yard, you’ll learn heaps of useful skills like making pre-framed walls, installing windows and hanging doors in the carpentry option or gaining an insight into joinery manufacturing while constructing outdoor furniture in the joinery option. 

Develop your skills using hand and power tools, learn how to interpret plans or create drawings for building projects and gain an insight into joinery manufacturing.

From here you can go into employment, a trades course at NMIT or further study at university. One day you could end up running your own company! We offer two programmes:

(1) Joinery
Design and make outdoor garden furniture, maintain furniture tools, and use power tools while gaining a good knowledge of the health and safety requirements in the workplace.

  On completion of this course you will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of, select, maintain and use hand tools for BCATS projects.
• Identify, describe, select, maintain, and use portable power tools for the construction of BCATS projects.
• Calculate quantities and prepare an order, set out and construct timber garden furniture, and complete work operations.

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(2) Carpentry
Draw and sketch methods required for projects and establish job requirements and convert sketches to instrumental drawings. You will also gain experience and practical knowledge,  in the use and maintenance of power tools along with learning to calculate quantities required for projects such as building a shed.  Health and safety requirements are a key component of the programme.

   On completion of this course you will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of lines and symbols, and drawing and sketching methods required for BCATS projects, establish job requirements and create sketches, and convert sketches to instrumental drawings for BCATS projects.
• Identify, describe, select, maintain, and use portable power tools for the construction of BCATS projects.
• Calculate quantities and prepare an order, set out and construct a non-consent timber framed utility building, and complete work operations.

Note: Some unit standards may change. Final information on the standards specific to your course will be available prior to starting your programme.
If circumstances change there could be a mix models of delivery e.g online, face to face one day per week or block options.