Construction – Carpentry Courses at DCG

Good carpentry and joinery are vital to the quality of our everyday surroundings. These are skilled trades with excellent employment prospects – and Derby College is a great place to take your ambitions forward.

A solid start to your career

If you enjoy working with wood, there are endless opportunities to put your skills to good use. Carpenters and joiners are needed for everything from house building and shopfitting to restoring historic buildings and building film sets.

At Derby College you’ll develop your practical abilities, improve your knowledge of the theory, and gain the experience you need to make real headway in wood occupations. We’ve also teamed up with employers to offer apprenticeship routes into carpentry and joinery.

Is this you?

• Interested in design and technology
• Good at paying attention to detail
• Enjoy working outdoors
• Work well in a team
• Good practical skills
• Want to work in an industry that is always changing and moving forward

Getting into construction – Carpentry & Joinery

• Full time at College There is a wide range of full-time Construction courses offered at Derby College, preparing you for jobs in wood occupations, painting and decorating, plastering, trowel occupations, plumbing and electrical installation.
• Apprenticeships These are available with Derby College in many crafts such as brickwork, carpentry and joinery, plastering, painting and decorating, electrical installation and plumbing. For some apprenticeships, you will need GCSEs or Functional Skills in English and Maths.
• Higher education To do some jobs in the construction industry, such as architect, civil engineer or quantity surveyor, you will need a degree, foundation degree or HND. You can study full time at university or part time alongside a job. Derby College itself offers a HNC in Construction and the Built Environment as well as a Foundation Degree in Construction Management.
• Jobs You could take an unskilled job, for example as a labourer, as a step into construction work and do more ‘on the job’ training in the future.

If your ambition is to become a building surveyor, civil engineer, quantity surveyor, site engineer, site manager, building services engineer or structural engineer, please visit our Professional Construction area to find out more.