Craft & Technical Courses

Multicrafts
Basic Skills in Construction
The aim of this course is to provide you with the basic range of skills necessary to perform fundamental maintenance and repair in domestic, construction and allied industries.

Content
The programme offers you the opportunity to achieve a City & Guilds qualification in Basic Skills Construction Multi-Crafts The course is modular and consists of 3 disciplines taken from a choice of five. You must successfully complete five tests from your three chosen modules to achieve your qualification. The five modules and their tests are:-

Painting & Decorating Accessing Strip, repair and crossline area to receive a selected wallpaper Burn off a selected moulded panel door and bring forward to receive acrylic paint Prepare and bring forward to an oil gloss finish selected wooden window Prepare selected area to receive vinyl silk emulsion Design nameplate in block stencil	Plumbing Transferring levels Non-manipulative compression fittings Copper pipe bending and jointing Steel pipework and fittings Use of plastic materials for plumbing (A) Use of plastic materials for plumbing (B)
Carpentry and Joinery Panelled door Garden gate Nail box Fix a door lining in a stud partition Hang an internal door Fix skirting	Bricklaying Half-brick wall One – brick wall – English bond Cavity wall Two ring segmental arch Block walling Detached hollow pier
Electrical Installation Connection of flex to common apparatus One way switching circuit 13 amp switched socket wired in ring main Cut, bend and thread conduit Trunking

Length
The length of the course is flexible - up to a total of 42 weeks, which includes a period of work placement and holidays.

Qualifications

• City & Guilds Skills Test
• CITB Construction Award
• Wood Occupations Level I or II

Continuous assessment of both practical and theoretical work will take place, however the NVQ is only available if you have an appropriate work placement where full work-based assessment can be carried out.

Opportunities
On successful completion of this course you will have the necessary skills to apply for vacancies in many areas of industry, including joinery workshops, caravan and boat builders, kitchen manufacturing and fitting, the home improvement sector (including window and conservatory manufacture and fitting). There are also opportunities for self-employment.