Very nice work there dave! I wish my first piece was even half as good as that! So well done and keep at it. Melinda, I started off on a site carpentry course myself. As you probably knwo the first bit is doing basic joints in the college workshop and then you make some sort of frame to show your understanding of hand and power tools. Once I had done that it was on-site time after being on the course for about 3/4 months. I spent about a month or so actually out on a building site, grabbed as much site evidence as I could and then the job finished so was sent back to college. I then luckily got sent back out to a bespoke joinery company and ever since I have been working in workshops. I passed my NVQ Level 2 in Site Carpentry with only a month or so on a proper site and the other year and a half or so in a workshop!
So my point....... it just goes to show you can go anywhere with that Site Carpentry & Joinery NVQ certificate. So far I have spent 5 years making bespoke joinery (windows & doors), 9 months making furniture for a cabinet making company and now I have spent so far 2 months today working in a factory producing pig sheds (how glamourous! - You'd be suprised how good these sheds are costing over 2 million in one of the contracts!) but..... I am working with wood on machines and with hand tools everyday. And I am also regularly using a panel saw to cut plywood and 44/70mm polystrene insulation boards. All at different angles that need setting up and cutting accuratley.
And when I'm not at work now I try and do some cabinet making on the side too.
