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Construction
The UK construction sector is rapidly growing and increasingly lucrative.
Whether you learn at our state-ofthe-art Advanced Construction Skills Centre, or in the workshops at Ashley Down Centre, our sector-specific facilities will teach you all the skills you need for your chosen career.
Construction Multi Trades Certificate Level 1
Awarded by Pearson/Edexcel Advanced Construction Skills Centre One year, full-time
This course is an entry-level introduction to the world of construction. You will complete a series of carpentry, brickwork and wet trade assignments, as well as studying English and Maths at the right level for you and developing your employability.
Awarded by City & Guilds Ashley Down Centre One year, full-time
This course teaches students fundamental electrical installation skills, including making a circuit, costing a small repair and drawing a plan of a room. You will also undertake work experience to develop your practical skills. The construction industry accounts for 40% of the UK’s total emissions, and the sector is changing rapidly to reduce its impact on our environment. With key priorities including retrofitting existing housing, using sustainable materials and switching to greener energy, there has never been a more exciting time to enter the construction industry and be a part of the journey to net zero.
Electrical Installation Diploma Level 2
Awarded by EAL Ashley Down Centre One year, full-time
This course is an introduction to working as an electrician, and combines theoretical and practical elements. You will learn basic electrical installation, science, communication, calculation of components and safe working practices, as well as English and Maths at the right level for you.
Electrical Installation Diploma Level 3
Awarded by EAL Ashley Down Centre One year, full-time
This course is for students progressing from the Electrical Installation Diploma Level 2. You will learn the advanced skills needed to qualify as an electrician, and progress into a higher-level apprenticeship or employment.
Electrical Installation Apprenticeship Level 3
Awarded by EAL Ashley Down Centre Four years, full-time
This course will teach you all the skills you need to become a qualified electrician. For the first three years you will attend College one day a week to support your workplace learning and work on your NVQ portfolio. The final year is entirely in the workplace, where you will complete your portfolio and prepare for your endpoint assessment.
Construction (Plumbing) Certificate Level 1
Awarded by City & Guilds Ashley Down Centre One year, full-time
This course teaches students fundamental plumbing skills, including fixing water pipes, making minor repairs in a house and costing repair jobs. You will also undertake work experience to develop your practical skills.
Plumbing Studies Diploma Level 2
Awarded by City & Guilds Ashley Down Centre One year, full-time
This course introduces the skills you will need to become a plumber. Topics covered include domestic water systems, sanitation and drainage, electrical and science principles, heating systems, detailed calculation of quantities and safe working practices, as well as English and Maths at the right level for you.
Plumbing Apprenticeship Level 3
Awarded by City & Guilds Ashley Down Centre Four years, full-time
This course will teach you all the skills you need to become a plumbing and heating technician, including planning, selecting, installing and maintaining all aspects of plumbing and heating systems. You will attend College one day a week to supplement your workplace learning with off-the-job knowledge, skills and behaviours.
Construction (Bricklaying) Level 1
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre One year, full-time
This course teaches students fundamental bricklaying skills, including costing repair jobs, making minor repairs, drawing a plan of a room and building walls. You will also undertake work experience to develop your practical skills.
Bricklaying Diploma Level 2
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre and Ashley Down Centre One year, full-time
This course is an introduction to brickwork skills, including how to build solid brick and block walls and brick piers, and how to interpret working drawings to set out masonry structures. You will also gain practical experience of thin joint masonry and masonry cladding, and study English and Maths at the right level for you.
Brickwork Apprenticeship Level 2
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre or Ashley Down Centre Three years, full-time
This course will teach you all the skills you need to become a bricklayer. You will learn through a combination of workplace learning and training at College to pass your endpoint assessment and complete your qualification.
Construction (Carpentry and Joinery) Level 1
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre One year, full-time
This course teaches students fundamental carpentry and joinery skills, including making carpentry joints, making minor repairs to a house, drawing a plan of a room and costing small carpentry jobs. You will also undertake work experience to develop your practical skills.
Site Carpentry Diploma Level 2
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre or Ashley Down Centre One year, full-time
This course is for students who want to learn carpentry skills beyond basic woodworking. You will learn quantities and communicating with others, understanding construction technology, carrying out fixing operations and carrying out structural carcassing operations.
I am a very practical learner and once I found out I could obtain on-site experience while gaining qualifications and being paid, I couldn’t say no! I have found the whole experience very enjoyable and I have learned an extraordinary amount about the construction industry since starting as an apprentice.
Benjamin Dick
Construction Level 3 Apprenticeship
Bench Joinery Diploma Level 2
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre One year, full-time
This course teaches students the skills needed for a career as a joiner. You will gain hands-on experience of setting and marking out for joinery components such as doors, windows and stairs, and learn how to set up and operate a circular saw.
Bench Joinery Apprenticeship Level 2
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre or Ashley Down Centre Two years, full-time
This course is for students who have already secured employment in a bench joinery role. You will learn job-specific skills from your employer, supplemented by training at College, to obtain a work-based NVQ, College certificate and Functional Skills qualification if necessary.
Bench Joinery Apprenticeship Level 3
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre Two years, full-time
This course is for students progressing from a Bench Joinery Apprenticeship Level 2. You will learn a range of higher-level bench joinery skills from your employer and at College to gain a Level 3 workbased NVQ.
Site Carpentry Apprenticeship Level 2
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre or Ashley Down Centre Two years, full-time
This course is for students who have already secured employment in a site carpentry role. You will learn jobspecific skills from your employer, supplemented by training at College, to obtain a work-based NVQ, College certificate and Functional Skills qualification if necessary.
Site Carpentry Apprenticeship Level 3
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills
Centre or Ashley Down Centre
Two years, full-time
This course is for students progressing from a Site Carpentry Apprenticeship Level 2. You will learn a range of higher-level site carpentry skills from your employer and at College to gain a Level 3 work-based NVQ.
Construction (Plastering) Level 1 Certificate
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre One year, full-time
This course teaches students fundamental plastering skills, including mouldings, costing a small repair job, drawing a plan of a room and developing a personal progression plan. You will also undertake work experience to develop your practical skills.
Plastering Diploma Level 2
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre One year, full-time
This course teaches students the skills needed for a career as a plasterer. You will gain hands-on experience of applying plaster and plaster products to internal and external surfaces, forming cement sand screeds, communication and detailed building quantities calculations.
Plastering Apprenticeship Level 2
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills
Centre or Ashley Down Centre
Two years, full-time
This course is for students who have already secured employment in a plastering role. You will learn jobspecific skills from your employer, supplemented by training at College, to obtain a work-based NVQ, College certificate and Functional Skills qualification if necessary.
Construction, Management and the Built Environment Diploma Level 3
Awarded by Pearson Advanced Construction Skills Centre Two years, full-time
This course explores a broad range of topics across construction, including Principles of Design, Technologies, Project Management, Surveying, Building Services, Health and Safety, Tendering, Modelling, Quality Control and more.
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre Three years, full-time
This course is for students pursuing a career in the construction industry, providing technical support to engineers and other construction professionals in the design, development, construction, commissioning, decommissioning, operation or maintenance of the built environment and infrastructure.
Interior Systems Installer (Dry Lining) Apprenticeship Level 2
Awarded by City & Guilds Offsite Two years, full-time
This course teaches the skills required to begin a career as an interior systems installer. You will learn the methods to install different drylining systems that form the walls and rooms within a building, often used to hide wires and pipes whilst improving acoustics and create space for insulation.
Maintenance Operations Diploma Level 2
Awarded by City & Guilds Advanced Construction Skills Centre One year, full-time
This course teaches the skills needed for a career as a maintenance operative. You will learn how to carry out small-scale plastering, plumbing, painting, building decorating and carpentry repairs. You will also learn about health, safety and welfare in construction.
Awarded by City of Bristol College Offsite One year, full-time
This course is for students already working in a maintenance role, such as in housing or commercial properties. You will use your existing knowledge of basic carpentry, electrical, plumbing and decorating to carry out repairs and reactive maintenance.
Career Opportunities
Architect, Bricklayer, Carpenter, Electrician, Interior Systems Installer, Maintenance Operative, Plasterer, Plumber, Quantity Surveyor
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