Student Handbook 2024/25
General Building Maintenance (Level 1 Extended Certificate)
OCNNI
Trades & Craftfs
Important Message
This course may be available again from September 2025
Available Sessions
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CourseCampusTypeStart DateFees
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Course: Open College Network NI (OCN NI) Level 1 Extended Certificate in General Building MaintenanceCampus: Strand RoadType: Full TimeStart Date:Fees:
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CANCELLED
Course Offering
- Site location Strand Road
Course Modules
- Introduction to Health, Safety and Welfare in Construction
- (Optional) : Environmental Awareness and Sustainability in Construction
- (Optional) : Painting Interior Ceilings and Walls
- (Optional) : Developing Skills for Wallpapering
- (Optional) : Manual Handling, Lifting and Movement of Loads
- (Optional) : Bricklaying Constructing a One Brick Wide Wall
- (Optional) : Bricklaying Constructing Cavity Walls
- (Optional) : Tools and Equipment for Bricklaying
- (Optional) : Constructing a Half Brick Wall
- (Optional) : Woodworking and Carpentry Tools
- (Optional) : Developing Carpentry Hand Skills
Entry Requirements
UK Requirements
No formal entry requirements, applicants must have the potential to achieve full qualification.ROI Requirements
No formal entry requirements, applicants must have the potential to achieve full qualification.Additional Requirements Prior to Entry
Attendance at Information Session
Work Placement
Work placement is optional component of this course, which would be encouraged for those wishing to pursue a career in this field.
Fee Information
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Additional Fees
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Uniform - PPE will be provided by the college to carryout workshop activities
What's Next?
Further Study
There are excellent progression routes from this Level 1 course on to L2 Traineeships to employment on the L2 Apprenticeship programme completing trade at Level 3 should all relevant entry criteria be gained.Career Prospects
The skills gained in basic construction maintenance can provide a pathway into various trade areas allowing for the potential to achieve qualifications in that pathway and the wage structure linked to it. Across the North West and wider area many companies specialise in construction maintenance and successful completion of this qualification may provide a avenue to F/T employment with the businesses. Painters have excellent opportunities to become self-employed and start their own businesses. Once Level 3 Apprenticeship has been completed painters can progressed to HE courses to further develop their careers in the construction industry with job opportunities as site manager, project managers, H&S officers and teaching.Enquiry
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NWRC provides a great stepping-stone between school and University. My course has helped me decide which field of science I want to work in. I plan to study Psychology at University.Hannah Kearney (Medical Science) -
After graduating from NWRC I went to Queens University to study a BSc in Chemistry, followed by a PGCE. I'm now working as a full-time Chemistry teacher.Holly Miller (Medical & Applied Science)