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Post by sawsubject on Jan 14, 2024 6:15:29 GMT -5
Hi All,
Firstly, thanks for having a look at my thread.
I was wondering if anyone out there can recommend a timber framing course in the UK or Europe that's suitable for a jobbing carpenter who wants to up-skill?
I've done a few timber framed structures, namely 4 porches, 2 pergolas and a garage. These were off the back of my own reading (the boks had lots of nice pictures) and of course thousands of millions of hours of youtube.
Is there a course you'd recommend or am I better off trying to subby for a framing company?
Thanks in advance!
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Post by alvychippy on Jan 16, 2024 6:23:16 GMT -5
The market dictates what's on offer. At least in UK, job market had slumped, as actual workload reduced as economy taken a dip. Timber framing is just a minor part of general carpentry, so having a limited skill set is questionable, if worth getting in to, but the way you worded- you might be lucky and find such company, that would sub you at a reasonable rates and conditions.
Timber framing courses? never even heard off, I know there's part of NVQ qualifications in colleges curriculum, but they are for the youngsters long and tedious process, you being a capable worker will hardly tolerate academic nonsense for couple of years , what in practical terms working and learning shouldn't be much more than a month experience.
If you are getting very serious about it (and circumstances would allow), you might be better off to do a research in AU for potential employers, getting 3 year visa for and shoot- they are desperate for manual workers, carpenters etc, I'd say most (67%) of their builds are still timber framed and in general, they are having better attitude towards workers, carpenters, learners etc , if lucky to find suitable mentor-employer, but at the end of a day, you'll end up doing all the carpentry aspects, not just timber framing. Hope helps, Cheers!
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Post by aas on Jan 17, 2024 0:37:08 GMT -5
Traditional timber framing schools exist in Europe (France, Switzerland, Germany, etc) but these are long haul courses not quick fix You Tube replacements. It depends what you objectives are - i.e. learning so you can build something for yourself, learning so you can get the required experience to do insurance backed worked for paying customers.
Try to find timber framing companies and apply for jobs, be prepared to take an income hit to be with the right company where you will learn what you want to be learning. 3 years working in a trade (from the point of view of business registration and insurance) is generally accepted as the required time to gain enough experience to be working on your own and taking on the responsibility of what you are building - but of course your previous experience may come into play (a few hours of You Tube watching doesn't usually get put on your CV).
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Post by sawsubject on Jan 30, 2024 18:08:48 GMT -5
Thank you both for the advice, I'm very grateful for your opinions.
I've put togther a sort of portfolio of my previous work and started sending it off to companies asking for "work experience" (not wanting to suggest I expect to be paid to learn, nice as that would be). I'll report back incase it's of interest to others here.
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