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If you’re already an experienced carpenter, our EWPA could be a great next step for your career

It is hard to imagine a world in which carpentry skills wouldn’t be required – and therefore hard to imagine a world in which carpenters wouldn’t be in demand. Whether you are looking to learn a trade in the UK in order to switch careers, to shore up your job security, or simply because of your interest in and passion for this field, it can be a very wise choice to train to become a carpenter. 

This particular blog post of ours, though, isn’t focusing on what courses you will need to take on if you wish to train in carpentry from scratch. 

Instead, we’re focusing on our Experienced Worker Practical Assessment (EWPA) offering, which you might be interested in if you already possess considerable carpentry experience, but wish to attain the blue skilled CSCS card that will allow you to access on-site work. 

A convenient, fast-track assessment route for already-capable carpenters 

As the name of this route suggests, it is not a training course, but instead an assessment process, with the opportunity – if you pass said assessment – to gain an NVQ Level 2 carpentry diploma. It’s as straightforward a process as coming to our Yorkshire training centre, and having your knowledge and skills assessed in the space of a day, or two days if needed. 

That process will include witness testimonies from someone who has seen you complete relevant carpentry work in the last three years, as well as a practical assessment when you do arrive at our premises on the Leeds side of Bradford. You will be expected to complete the practical task to spec and within the allotted time. 

During your time at the YTA site, you will also engage in a professional discussion with our assessor, the aim being to get you to talk through the units that make up the NVQ. This will provide the talking evidence needed so that with your existing knowledge and experience, you can show you are a carpenter of NVQ Level 2 standard. 

Finally, there will also be a ‘direct questioning’ element of the assessment. This is basically what it sounds like – you will be asked to ‘state’ or ‘describe’, and again, the focus is on ensuring that you talk through all the elements needed to earn your NVQ Level 2 diploma. 

Get in touch for further advice and information on this route 

With the assessment encompassing such aspects of carpentry as general workplace safety, efficient work practices, the movement and handling of resources, and the installation of first fixing and second fixing components, if you are confident in your existing carpentry knowledge, this EWPA could be an excellent step for your career. 

Simply click through to our dedicated page for this EWPA to learn more about what it involves. And if you have any further questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to send us an email or give us a call. 

We will be pleased to help ensure you have chosen the most appropriate route for your needs and aspirations, whether you are wishing to undergo assessment in a field in which you are already skilled and knowledgeable, or learn a trade in the UK for the first time. 

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The Cskills Awards bricklaying EWPA offers a quick route to site work

We may be known here at YTA for our beginner and advanced bricklaying courses alike, but it isn’t just training in this crucial trade that we provide; we can also offer a fast-track assessment route to enable you to truly fast-forward your career. 

This is – of course – a reference to our Experienced Worker Practical Assessment (EWPA) pathway, whereby already-experienced bricklayers only need to join us at our Yorkshire assessment centre for one full day (or two days at most), in order to achieve an NVQ Level 2 qualification. 

We make available the EWPA route for various trades – including wall and floor tiling, site carpentry and plastering, as well as bricklaying. 

Whichever pathway one chooses, the broad principle of the EWPA remains the same; through a practical assessment, you can prove that you already have an NVQ Level 2 standard of skills and knowledge, and thereby obtain the blue skilled worker CSCS card that will enable you to gain work on a construction site. 

What are the specifics of the bricklaying EWPA, in particular? 

If it is the bricklaying EWPA that you are especially interested in – and you would be eligible for this route if you have at least five years’ experience in bricklaying – then the principle of how it works is simple. 

When you visit our NVQ centre on the Leeds side of Bradford in West Yorkshire, you will be able to use the skills you have acquired over the years to complete a task, which will then be assessed. 

Your skills as a bricklayer will be evaluated by our NVQ assessor, through a combination of the practical assessment itself, witness testimonies, professional discussion, and direct questioning. 

The bricklaying EWPA is made up of five mandatory units, covering such matters as conforming to general workplace safety, conforming to efficient work practices, the movement and handling of resources, and the erection and setting out of masonry structures. 

You can further support your bid for this EWPA by picking out an optional unit from a long list, encompassing aspects such as erecting masonry cladding in the workplace, the maintenance of slate and tile roofing, and the installation of drainage, to name just a few. 

If, as a consequence of going through the EWPA process, you show that you have reached the standards of the NVQ Level 2 qualification, you will be told of this by the assessor at the end of the day. As a successful candidate, you will gain the Cskills Awards Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Trowel Occupations (Construction) QUA813. 

Would you like to find out more about this pathway for rapidly upgrading your career? 

There aren’t too many training or assessment routes out there that could have such a profound impact on your employability, as this one. So, why not reach out to the YTA team to learn more about what is involved if you take on the bricklaying EWPA, and whether it could be a suitable choice for you? 

Don’t forget that we also offer a variety of other novice and advanced bricklaying courses to help the development of your career. We are one of the most trusted accredited construction training centres in the UK here at YTA, and for good reason. 

 

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What are the stages involved in our one-day carpentry EWPA process?

You might think to yourself that once someone is a carpenter, they’re “always a carpenter” – but alas, when it comes to gaining access to on-site work, the situation isn’t quite as simple as that! 

This helps to explain the great popularity of our Experienced Worker Practical Assessment (EWPA) routes here at YTA in West Yorkshire. The principle behind these fast-track assessment pathways is to give an experienced worker in a particular trade the opportunity to demonstrate the specialised knowledge and skills they already have, as a means of earning themselves an NVQ Level 2 qualification in the space of one day (or two days, if necessary). 

Our carpentry EWPA, then, is not to be confused with our other intensive carpentry courses that focus on equipping would-be carpenters and joiners with the skills they require in order to take on the job in the first place. 

So, now that we have established what the carpentry EWPA isn’t, let’s explore in greater detail what the carpentry EWPA is. For this, we will concentrate on the steps you will need to go through in order to achieve the associated Cskills Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Wood Occupations (Construction) – Site Carpentry QUA900. 

Get on the phone to us to arrange this crucial assessment – and get back on site 

The big attraction of the EWPA route for experienced workers – defined for these purposes as those who have at least five years’ experience in the relevant trade – is the chance it gives them to quickly earn an NVQ Level 2 qualification. That qualification, in turn, will allow them to attain the blue skilled worker CSCS card that is necessary if they are to gain access to site work. 

And the initial process is a straightforward one – you will just need to get in touch with YTA, and we can arrange for the conversation with our NVQ carpentry assessor, so that a ‘skills scan’ can be carried out on you. This process is designed to ascertain whether it would be worth your while to proceed to the one-day EWPA stage at our assessment centre. 

If it is indeed decided that you have a strong chance of achieving the NVQ Level 2 qualification through the EWPA, you will be able to go ahead and book your place. 

There are four key ‘parts’ of the subsequent EWPA process. You will need, for example, to get pre-printed witness testimonies signed by a trade-related co-worker who has seen you complete the given work within the past three years. These will be sent to you in the carpentry NVQ pack that is sent out to you two weeks prior to your assessment date at YTA. 

Then, on the assessment date itself, you can expect to be asked to complete a practical assessment; again, the drawing plan with the relevant specifications and measurements will be sent out to you two weeks before you are set to have the assessment with us. 

Other important parts of the EWPA process will include a professional discussion and direct questioning – again, to take place on the day of the assessment itself. This will, in effect, be akin to a structured discussion surrounding the carpentry NVQ units, which cover such vital topics as general workplace safety, efficient work practices, and the movement and handling of resources. 

And that will be it – at the end of the day, the assessor will tell you whether you have achieved the NVQ. And if you have achieved the qualification, you will be able to rapidly get back on site with a temporary card to begin with, followed by the blue skilled worker CSCS card. 

Contact the YTA team today to learn more – and to book 

Does the carpentry EWPA sound like the step that you require if you are to advance your career? Or perhaps our intensive carpentry courses would be a better match to your present level of knowhow and experience? Regardless, we can advise and guide you here at YTA, to answer your questions and help ensure you take the right steps from here for your circumstances and needs. 

Simply give us a call right now, on 01274 682199, to find out more about the carpentry EWPA, to book your place, or to ask about any of our other highly rated training opportunities in construction. 

 

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Our bricklaying EWPA gives you a quick and direct route to an NVQ Level 2 Diploma

Many people who choose to learn a trade in the UK opt to become bricklayers, and here at YTA, we can’t say we are greatly surprised by this. There will, after all, almost certainly always be considerable demand for bricklayers. We expect that to be very much the case in the years following COVID-19, as the UK economy revs up again. 

 

Experienced bricklayers can rise to positions like construction site supervisor, and even start their own business, with the possibility of earning as much as £42,000 a year. 

 

Introducing the sought-after EWPA 

 

This brings us neatly onto something about our own expertise here at YTA. We do not solely cater to those who are only just getting started in bricklaying, but can also help those with existing bricklaying experience to upgrade their qualifications and gain access to site work. 

 

This much is made possible by the Experienced Worker Practical Assessment (EWPA) route. As the name suggests, this isn’t a training course, but instead takes the form of an assessment of the skills and knowledge you already have. 

 

The bricklaying EWPA is a fast-track NVQ assessment route for those who already have five years’ bricklaying experience, so is unsuitable for those who are only looking to learn a trade in the UK for the first time. If the latter describes you, we urge you to take a look at our one-day, five-day and 10-day bricklaying courses. 

 

You can complete the EWPA in just a day at our Yorkshire construction training centre, and if you satisfy the requirements, you will be awarded the Cskills Awards Bricklaying NVQ Level 2 Diploma in Trowel Occupations (Construction) QUA813. 

 

This would naturally be an excellent qualification to obtain to bolster your employability. But it is also the qualification needed in order to secure the blue skilled CSCS card required for on-site bricklaying work – so the EWPA makes sense on a number of levels. 

 

If you know your stuff when it comes to bricklaying, demonstrate that to us! 

 

The bricklaying NVQ Level 2 comprises five mandatory units covering such aspects of this trade as efficient work practices and general workplace safety, as well as a series of optional units, with the person being assessed able to choose one of these. 

 

It is important to make sure you have the necessary knowledge and experience in these units before you commit to taking on the EWPA. That’s why the first stage of the process will be contacting us first, so that we can set out what is involved and arrange a ‘skills scan’. This will allow you and our NVQ assessor to determine whether it is worth your while to book the EWPA. 

 

And if we do decide together that booking the EWPA is the best route forward, well… it’s time to get prepared. Take a look at our page dedicated to the bricklaying EWPA today for more information about this in-demand assessment pathway, before potentially getting in touch with us directly to discuss your circumstances, needs and aspirations as a bricklayer, and how we can help. 

 

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Why not spend just one day at our training centre to earn your bricklaying NVQ Level 2?

When prospective or current tradespeople from a wide range of backgrounds and circumstances have wished to put in place the strongest possible foundations for their future career in construction, they have long turned to YTA in West Yorkshire. The reasons for that are many, although the main one is undoubtedly our training courses themselves. 

Depending on your own situation, however, you might not necessarily want to take on an entire construction training course. Consider, for example, our Experienced Worker Practical Assessment (EWPA) routes. 

We offer these routes for wall and floor tiling, site carpentry, plastering, and bricklaying. As the above term suggests, the EWPAs are aimed at those who already have a certain level of experience and expertise in the field in question. 

By completing an EWPA – which you can do at our centre in one day – you can earn an NVQ Level 2 qualification, thereby greatly upgrading your CV, and enabling you to attain the blue skilled worker CSCS card allowing you to gain work on a construction site. 

So, what is the bricklaying EWPA about? 

For this blog post, we are focusing in particular on the bricklaying EWPA option for those who already have at least five years’ bricklaying experience. We’re well-known for our both beginner and advanced bricklaying courses at YTA, but this practical assessment route is a very different proposition. 

Taking on the EWPA is not about adding to your existing skills and knowledge – it’s about demonstrating to an assessor the skills and knowledge you already possess, through a process involving witness testimonies, practical assessment, professional discussion, and direct questioning.

During your day at our centre, you will be assessed in five mandatory units, covering general workplace safety, efficient work practices, the movement and handling of resources, the erection of masonry structures, and the setting out of masonry structures. There is also a series of optional units, with one of these able to be chosen to support your bid for the qualification. 

The result, as long as you satisfy the requirements of this assessment, can be the award of the Cskills Awards Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Trowel Occupations (Construction) QUA813. You will be told at the end of the day whether you have achieved the qualification, and if you have indeed been successful in this aim, you can expect to receive your certificate within 14 days. 

What if you can’t wait that long to get on-site? Well, you do have the option – as soon as we have you registered – to apply for and gain a temporary card that will provide you with a six-month window in which to complete the EWPA. 

Talk to us about our services in bricklaying training and assessment 

Whether you are considering contacting the YTA team to discuss with us the novice, intermediate and advanced bricklaying courses we have to offer, or instead with the EWPA in mind, we are well-placed to help you advance as a bricklayer. 

Amid hopes that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is finally receding, and with many of us eager to make changes to our lives for the better, now could be the perfect time to invest in acquiring a new bricklaying qualification. For further information about the bricklaying EWPA and to book your place on a convenient date for you, simply call 01274 682199 today. 

 

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Make a highly significant career step in just one day, in the form of our carpentry EWPA

While formal qualifications will naturally never be the ‘be all and end all’ of whether someone is capable of fulfilling a certain role, there’s no question that they can still be a very crucial element of a professional’s career development. 

That’s no less the case when it comes to our construction training courses here at YTA, with just one course potentially enabling you to take your career a very long way. 

And in the case of our Experienced Worker Practical Assessment (EWPA) routes, these ‘courses’ may not be courses at all! In fact, this is a fast-track assessment route allowing those who are already skilled and experienced in a particular trade to quickly upgrade their qualifications in line with the knowledge they possess. 

We give tradespeople the opportunity to undertake the EWPA at our West Yorkshire training centre, if they already have at least five years’ experience in wall and floor tiling, bricklaying, plastering, or site carpentry. Whichever of these options you choose, if you satisfy the terms of the one-day assessment, you could soon be the proud holder of an NVQ Level 2 qualification. 

This qualification, in  turn, doesn’t only allow you to obtain the blue skilled worker CSCS card so that you can work on-site, but can also help boost your all-round employability and career prospects. 

So, what will you experience if you do choose the carpentry EWPA? 

Presuming it’s the carpentry EWPA you’re interested in taking on due to already being a seasoned carpenter, when you first enquire to us, we will explain what’s involved and put you in touch with an NVQ carpentry assessor, so that a ‘skills scan’ can be undertaken. 

If, as a consequence of this discussion, you and the NVQ assessor are confident of your ability to pass the assessment, we can go ahead with booking the EWPA for you. 

You can choose to spend just a single day undergoing the assessment at our training centre if you are prepared to arrive for 7:30am, finishing at about 4pm. Once you are here, we will be able to get on with the combination of professional discussion, witness testimonies and practical assessment that makes up the EWPA. 

Those undertaking this carpentry route will be tested on such aspects of the job as general workplace safety, efficient work practices, the movement and handling of resources, the installation of first fixing and second fixing components, and the maintenance of non-structural carpentry work. This will be integral to the assessor’s efforts to ensure you are up to NVQ Level 2 standard. 

Get in touch with us now to discuss this important assessment route 

While we will always take great pride in our full construction training courses here at YTA, we also realise that many of you don’t necessarily need or want to take on a longer course that might be covering aspects of your trade you are highly proficient in already. 

This is where the EWPA route – whether for plastering, bricklaying, wall and floor tiling, or site carpentry – can move than prove its worth. Get in touch with us now for a more detailed discussion of your requirements, and to book the EWPA if this is the appropriate path for you. 

 

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