Certificate II in Building and Construction
(Carpentry Pre-Apprenticeship)
| Campus: | Broadmeadows |
| Day: | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday |
This VET program:
- provides participants with the knowledge and skills to achieve competencies that will enhance their employment prospects in the building and construction or building and construction related industries.
- enables participants to gain a recognised credential and to make informed choices in relation to vocation and career paths.
Sample modules (Units 1 - 4)
- Workplace safety and industry induction
- Workplace procedures for environmental sustainability
- Basic first aid
- Building structures
- Calculations for the building industry
- Introduction to scaffolding
- Levelling
- Quality principles for the building industry
- Safe handling of plant and power tools
- Carpentry hand tools
- Workplace documents and plans
- Basic setting out
- Sub floor framing
- Wall framing
- Roof framing
- External cladding
- Installation of door and window frames
- Introduction to demolition
- Career studies
- Communications for the building industry
- Carpentry power tools
- Interior Fixing
- Formwork for Concrete
Future pathways
Future career opportunities
- Carpenter
- Joiner
- Construction worker
- Building site administrator
- Project manager
- Building inspector
NB: On successful completion of this program students will have completed two thirds of the Certificate II in Building and Construction (Carpentry) Pre-Apprenticeship. Students will have the opportunity to complete the full Certificate II after successfully completing the VET program.
