Carpenter

Profile of skills and competences

A carpenter who has finished an apprenticeship and is thus the holder of a journeyman’s certificate is able to:

• Plan and perform assignments that are common to the trade in the quality expected and in compliance with applicable rules, regulations and traditions

• Participate in the planning and performance of special assignments

• Seek information and make decisions concerning materials, structural methods and assembly methods, and plan, organise and perform work assignments in collaboration with people from other trade groups at the workplace

• Stay informed of rules and regulations applying to construction, including rules and regulations on fire protection, health and safety at work, tender procedures, tendering and quality assurance

• Plan and perform assignments with due respect of the local and the global environment

• Enrol in qualifying training programmes as well as in programmes of continued and further training and education

Range of occupations accessible to a holder of a journeyman’s certificate
Carpenters build major timber structures in buildings as well as roof structures and other types of load-carrying structures.
They floor buildings, fit rooms with ceilings, erect rafters, install roof tiles using hammers, saws and other hand tools, carry out heat insulation work and put up timber partition walls.
They also install windows, doors and various types of furniture and equipment.
Most carpentry work is carried out at building sites, generally in close cooperation with joiners, plumbers and other skilled craftsmen.
Only a small part of preparatory work is carried out in a workshop.

Level of certificate

The training programme is a vocational education programme which is placed in:
The Danish qualification framework for life-long learning at level: 4
European Qualification Framework (EQF) at level: 4