Level 1 Carpentry
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr G. Vallely.
The course is assessed against BCATS Unit Standards and suits students looking to move into carpentry or joinery trades via an apprenticeship or Toi Ohomai after completing level 2.
In this course students will undertake projects which align with BCATS unit standards. The first project is a garden chair, the second a tool box. Within these projects students will gain an understanding of shaping and joining timber, using multiple types of joints. They will also gain experience in how to act and work safely in a workshop environment, how to care for and maintain tools and equipment and the correct use of the same.
Written work addresses an understanding of safety in the workshop, timber, workshop practices, fixed machinery and hand tools.
Recommended Prior Learning
Achievement at the expected curriculum level in Year 10 Materials Technology, or with HOF approval.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Cost: $160.00 includes consumables and materials costs.
Pathway
Students recieve skills in how a Trades workshop operates. These include Building/Carpentry, Joinery/Cabinetmaking, Boatbuilding, Flooring.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Construct timber garden furniture as BCATS projects
NZQA Info
Demonstrate and apply knowledge of safe working practices and use PPE during the construction of a BCATS project
NZQA Info
Apply elementary procedures and processes for a BCATS project
Pathway Tags
Carpenter, Building Insulator, Brick and Blocklayer, Boat Builder, Building Contractor, Building and Construction, Labourer, Electrical Engineer, Cabinet Maker, Flooring Installer, Painter and Decorator, Quantity Surveyor, Plasterer, Furniture Finisher, Joiner, Roofer, Wood Processing Worker.,
Disclaimer
Course selection will depend on the option lines and student numbers. There is no guarantee that the courses you select now will all be available for you in 2024.