This course is an 18-month programme requiring 25 days off-site training over 12 months, followed by 6 months assessment for the NVQ level 2 Post and Beam Carpentry.
The modules covered are:
- General Health and Safety (requiring CSCS test)
- Sector Introduction by CITB representative
- Using and Maintaining Framing Hand Tools
- Lifting and Moving Heavy Timbers
- Emergency First Aid at Work
- PASMA Low Level Towers for users
- Using and Maintaining Framing Power Tools
- Harness Use & Inspection
- Slinger/Signaller for Timber Framers
- Scribing Timbers for Structural Timber Frames
- Design and Drawing for Structural Timber Frames
- Selecting, Converting and Using Timber
- Introduction to Joint Design
- Setting Out Structural Timber Frames
- Fabricating Structural Timber Frames
- Site Erection of Structural Timber Frames
- Timber Conservation and Repairing Timber Frames
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