Basic Carpentry Skills
Course Duration
5 weeks
Start Date & Time
November 1, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM
Weekly on
Saturday
Hours per week
4
Price
€190
This course in basic carpentry will provide you with the key skills required to complete some simple home DIY tasks. You’ll also learn the key health and safety points in relation to DIY and working with woodwork equipment.
Throughout the eight weeks, you will use a variety of equipment typical to woodworking, including both hand and power tools, Marking out instruments, Hand Saws, Chisels, Mallets, Drills, Chop Saw and much more.
This course will teach you the skills while you work on a series of practical projects, for example, a chopping board, a shoe rack and a foot-stool. The course fee includes the cost of materials required to make the items you’ll be working on in class and taking home at the end of the course.
During this 8-week course you will learn:
Safety precisions to be considered when woodworking
How to accurately measure using a measuring tape and ruler
How to use both hand tools and machines with precision
Identify and manufacture different wood joints
The different characteristics of species
How to identify different species of wood
Different finishes which can be applied to wood.

Contact Us
If you have any questions, please get in touch. You can apply online through our website. We have a FAQ page and course fees are easily accessed.