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Level 1 Carpentry and Joinery focuses on developing practical hand skills and enhancing basic underpinning knowledge of relevant industrial processes and techniques.

This Level 2 Electrical course, based at The Technical Academy, will give you the essential knowledge and practical skills you need to start a career as an electrician.

This Level 3 course, based at The Technical Academy, allows you to acquire advanced knowledge and related skills in electrical installation and become a qualified electrician.

Train to be a professional arborist (tree surgeon) at East Durham College's stunning Houghall campus, home to a wide variety of rare trees.

Want a career in the carpentry and joinery trade? Want to develop your skills to recognised industrial standards? If so, this could be the perfect course for you!

This course covers both tree pruning (formally CS40); aerial pruning operations and looks at crown thinning, crown pruning, crown reduction and pollarding, and aerial tree rigging (formally CS41).

The purpose is to introduce basic Carpentry and Joinery skills and knowledge to those who have either no, or very little, prior experience. This is an introductory Carpentry and Joinery course is run over 12 weeks, 3 hours each session (Tuesdays) and is aimed at adults, aged 19+, who have an interest in improving their home or might be interested in progressing onto our full time course.

This course is designed for any person employed in arboriculture, forestry, horticulture, landscaping and grounds maintenance who is or will be required to operate wood chippers.

This specialist course will provide you with the knowledge and understanding of the principles of best practice in maintaining and operating a stump grinder safely. This course is perfect for arborists looking to extend their current list of employable qualifications.

C&G Level 2 Certificate of Competence in Using a Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness