This qualification provides a trade outcome in carpentry, covering work in residential and commercial applications.

Occupational titles may include:

• Carpenter
• Carpenter and joiner.

This is a trade qualification for carpenters in residential and commercial workplaces. It includes setting out, manufacturing, constructing, assembling, installing and repairing products made using timber and non-timber materials.

Occupational titles may include:

• Carpenter – Commercial
• Carpenter – Formwork
• Carpenter – Residential

This program is delivered in the classroom and simulated workshop. Practical face-to-face training is provided in a simulated workshop.

International students must:

• Be at least 18 years of age before commencement of course.
• Have completed Year 12 or equivalent.
• Have an IELTS* score of 5.5 (test results must be no more than 2 years old). English language competence can also be demonstrated through documented evidence of any of the following:
  • Educated for 5 years in an English-speaking country; or
  • Successful completion of an English Placement Test
  • Evidence that, within two years of their application date, they have successfully completed in Australia a foundation course or a senior secondary certificate of education or a substantial part of a Certificate IV or higher-level qualification, from the Australian Qualifications Framework.
  • Pre-entry Oxford Placement Test of result no less than B2 with no category lower than B1.

*Note that other English language tests such as PTE and TOEFL can be accepted.  Students are required to provide their results so that it can be confirmed they are equivalent to IELTS 5.5.

*Other English proficiency documentation or test reports will be reviewed as per Australian Government Department of Human Affairs https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-support/meeting-our-requirements/english-language/functional-english/

This qualification will be delivered over 94 weeks, including 74 weeks of training and assessment and 20 weeks of holidays.

Core Units 

• CPCCCA2002* Use carpentry tools and equipment
• CPCCCA2011* Handle carpentry materials
• CPCCCA3001* Carry out general demolition of minor building structures
• CPCCCA3002* Carry out setting out
• CPCCCA3003* Install flooring systems
• CPCCCA3004* Construct and erect wall frames
• CPCCCA3005* Construct ceiling frames
• CPCCCA3006* Erect roof trusses
• CPCCCA3007* Construct pitched roofs
• CPCCCA3008* Construct eaves
• CPCCCA3010* Install windows and doors
• CPCCCA3016* Construct, assemble and install timber external stairs
• CPCCCA3017* Install exterior cladding
• CPCCCA3024* Install lining, panelling and moulding
• CPCCCA3025* Read and interpret plans, specifications and drawings for carpentry work
• CPCCCA3028* Erect and dismantle formwork for footings and slabs on ground
• CPCCCM2006 Apply basic levelling procedures
• CPCCCM2008* Erect and dismantle restricted height scaffolding
• CPCCCM2012* Work safely at heights
• CPCCCO2013* Carry out concreting to simple forms
• CPCCOM1012 Work effectively and sustainably in the construction industry
• CPCCOM1014 Conduct workplace communication
• CPCCOM1015 Carry out measurements and calculations
• CPCCOM3001 Perform construction calculations to determine carpentry material requirements
• CPCCOM3006 Carry out levelling operations
• CPCCWHS2001 Apply WHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
• CPCWHS3001 Identify construction work hazards and select risk control strategies

Elective

• CPCCCA3012* Frame and fit wet area fixtures
• CPCCCA3014* Construct and install bulkheads
• CPCCCA3027* Set up, operate and maintain indirect action powder-actuated power tools
• CPCCCA3018* Construct, erect and dismantle formwork for stairs and ramps
• CPCCSF2004* Place and fix reinforcement materials
• CPCCOM1013 Plan and organise work
• CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in the construction industry

Tuition Fee : $23,000
Resource Fee : $2,000
Enrolment Fee : $500 (Non-refundable)
Total Fee : $25,500

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Possible job outcomes:

• Carpenter – Commercial
• Carpenter – Formwork
• Carpenter – Residential

• Brisbane
• Gold Coast