Our Courses

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Welcome to the Joinery Section!

Training will be given in the safe use of all tools required for the joinery tasks listed below. You will be taught the best way to carry out a particular task and in the correct order, this will save you time and mistakes.

No previous experience is required to take part in this course. The course is suitable to anyone who is looking to complete a DIY project or who is looking to move forward and develop a possible career in carpentry.

The BSB are one of the few training schools to offer you your own bay to learn your new skill. Individual bays enable you to have a realistic training environment to simulate real working conditions. Your section will benefit from a Carpentry Instructor with many years experience.

The BSB has a parent company called BSB Group, currently operational in all aspects of building and therefore available to offer you constructive advice when and where necessary. The BSB find it best practice that you are taught by Instructors who are up to date with modern techniques currently being used on site.

Arriving at the BSB School

On arrival you will be supplied with the required tools for your use whilst at the BSB School to carry out each carpentry task.

Course Tasks

Health and Safety
Safe use hand tools such as chisels, planes, saws etc and other equipment
Cut basic joints
Cut architraves, skirting and doorstops
Scribing to irregular surfaces
Erect a stud-wall
Fit a door lining/frame
Hang a door
Fit a Lock
Fit a window board

Course Manual/Certificates

Your course manual is issued on arrival and your Certificate of Achievement will be issued to you on completion of your training.

Course Aims

The BSB School aims to enable you to have the confidence to initially take on small projects at home and then progress further. Once practiced, your aims can then be extended to becoming either self-employed or gaining employment within the Construction Industry.