CPC30220 – Certificate III in Carpentry

Do you enjoy working with your hands? Do you get a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction by being able to build things? Then our carpentry course is right for you!

Salford College delivers a hands-on, high-quality, practical course of CPC30220 Certificate III in Carpentry that provides participants with all the skills required to become qualified tradesperson in Australia and overseas. Students will learn and practice the skills necessary to work as a carpenter in the real world. Students will also learn about the safety and business dimensions of working in this exciting industry.

In this course, students will work with trade tools and learn the skills to build, install, finish and repair structures and fixtures for domestic and commercial developments. Students will learn to interpret plans, calculate pitches and slopes and understand the safety requirements of building sites.

Completion of the general induction training program specified by the National Code of Practice for Induction Training for Construction Work (ASCC 2007) is required before entering a construction work site. Achievement of CPCCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in the construction industry meets this requirement.

This qualification will be delivered over 105 weeks, including long term breaks

This course is conducted with a blended learning model that includes face-to-face learning in classrooms and in simulated workshops. Assessments are designed to provide learners with opportunities to demonstrate they have attained the required skills and knowledge using a range of practical based activities and tasks, as required by recognised standards.

Students may enter CPC30220 Certificate III in Carpentry with limited or no vocational experience and without a lower level qualification.

Students who complete this course may wish to continue their education into a range of building and construction qualifications like Certificate IV in Building and Construction or higher.

Career opportunities, include:

• Carpenter
• Carpenter and joiner

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Do you already have existing skills and knowledge and don’t need additional training? Have you done previous training?

Please contact our office if you would like to undertake Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) or apply for credit transfer. RPL/Credit transfer may reduce your course duration and fees

There are 34 units in this qualification out of which 27 are core units and 7 are elective units. The Salford College Industry Advisory Panel has recommended the elective units which are most suitable for the workplace.

An asterisk (*) against a unit code below indicates that there is a prerequisite requirement that must be met.