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CPC30220 Certificate III in Carpentry

  • Certificate

This course provides practical training in carpentry, teaching skills such as using tools, constructing structures, and understanding safety requirements. It is ideal for those who enjoy working outdoors and with wood structures.

Key details

Degree Type
Certificate
Duration
24 - 24 semesters full-time
Course Code
BGB8, 104856J
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
International Fees
$28,180 per year / $28,180 total

About this course

Why choose this course?

Pursue your dream to become a carpenter with this practical, hands-on qualification that will teach you how to use explosive power tools and carpentry tools to build structures such as pitched roofs, ceiling frames, eaves, wall frames, roof trusses, and flooring systems.

It covers techniques such as levelling operations, excavation, demolition of minor building structures, measurements and calculations, erecting and dismantling restricted scaffolding, and setting out projects. In addition, you will learn how to assemble partitions, construct bulkheads, build timber external stairs, construct, and erect and dismantle formwork for stairs, ramps, footings, ground slabs, suspended slabs, columns, beams, and walls.

Installing and replacing windows, linings, panelling, and moulding is also part of the course content, along with how to interpret plans and understand the occupational health and safety requirements for the construction industry.

This course is ideal if you love working outdoors with wood structures, have good hand-eye coordination, and the ability to complete work to a high standard.

Entry requirements

  • An IELTS score (academic) of 6.0 with no band score less than 5.0 or equivalent.
  • Completion of the equivalent of Australian Year 10 with passes in Maths.
  • It is recommended that you have a valid driver's licence and access to a private vehicle, as work experience undertaken during this course may require travel to multiple sites.

Study locations

Balga

Rockingham

Thornlie

What you will learn

Why choose this course?

Pursue your dream to become a carpenter with this practical, hands-on qualification that will teach you how to use explosive power tools and carpentry tools to build structures such as pitched roofs, ceiling frames, eaves, wall frames, roof trusses, and flooring systems.

It covers techniques such as levelling operations, excavation, demolition of minor building structures, measurements and calculations, erecting and dismantling restricted scaffolding, and setting out projects. In addition, you will learn how to assemble partitions, construct bulkheads, build timber external stairs, construct, and erect and dismantle formwork for stairs, ramps, footings, ground slabs, suspended slabs, columns, beams, and walls.

Installing and replacing windows, linings, panelling, and moulding is also part of the course content, along with how to interpret plans and understand the occupational health and safety requirements for the construction industry.

This course is ideal if you love working outdoors with wood structures, have good hand-eye coordination, and the ability to complete work to a high standard.

Career pathways

  • Carpenter

Course structure

Course units

To achieve this qualification, you must demonstrate competency in 34 units comprising:

  • 27 core units; and
  • seven electives.
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 units
  • CPCCCA3009 Construct advanced roofs
  • CPCCCA3018 Construct, erect and dismantle formwork for stairs and ramps
  • CPCCCA3019 Erect and dismantle formwork to suspended slabs, columns, beams and walls
  • CPCCJN3003 Manufacture components for doors, windows and frames
  • CPCCJN3004 Manufacture and assemble joinery components
  • CPCCJN3100 Process materials to produce components using static machines
  • CPCCJS3011 Design and set out stairs

Credit for prior study or work

Students who enrol into this qualification will be eligible for credit transfer of the units that they have already achieved. Fees paid by international students are set on a commercial basis and are paid as a whole of course fee - no refund will apply to credit transfers. Please refer to your letter of Offer for detailed duration and costings for your enrolment.

How to apply

How to apply

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  3. submit an application;
  4. accept your offer and pay;
  5. apply for your student visa; and
  6. receive your visa and come to Australia for your studies.

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