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Entry 3 Certificate Multi-Skills Construction Trades
The best place to start if you want to work in construction but aren't sure which trade is for you. You'll get hands-on in the workshops across bricklaying, carpentry and joinery, plastering, painting and decorating, and general construction operations, and learn the health and safety that every site runs on. No grades needed to get on. Just a willingness to work and try things.
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How you’ll learn
Try Five Trades. Find Yours.
This is a proper hands-on introduction to the trades. You’ll work across bricklaying, carpentry and joinery, plastering, painting and decorating, and general construction operations, getting a real feel for each trade in the workshop before you decide where to specialise. Alongside the practical work, you’ll learn health and safety in construction and how the industry actually works, because getting that right is the first thing any employer looks for.
You’ll build up credits by completing a choice of practical tasks across the trades. By the end of the year you’ll know which trade suits you, you’ll have the safety and site knowledge to back it up, and you’ll be ready to move up to a Level 1 course or a trade-specific route.
Core Units
- Health and safety in construction
- Introduction to the construction industry
Five Practical Tasks
- Bricklaying
- Carpentry and Joinery
- Plastering
- Painting and Decorating
- Construction Operations
A choice of five practical tasks across the trades to gain your credits
Entry and progression
What you need and where it leads
- Entry requirements
- This course Entry Level 3
- Further study
Entry requirements
- No grades required
- A genuine interest in working with your hands and learning a trade
- Successful interview with our team
If you haven't yet achieved Grade 4 in Maths or English, you'll keep working towards them alongside your course, built into your timetable.
Not sure you meet these? Talk to us and we will help you find the right starting point.
- Level 1 Level 1 Certificate Construction Skills CG At this college
- Level 1 Level 1 Certificate in Bricklaying At this college
- Level 1 Level 1 Certificate in Carpentry & Joinery At this college
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At this college
At North Lindsey College
- Level 1 Certificate CG Construction Skills (Plumbing)
- Level 1 Certificate in Construction Skills - Carpentry and Joinery
- Level 1 Certificate in Brickwork
- Level 1 Diploma CG Bricklaying
- Level 1 Diploma CG Carpentry and Joinery
- Level 1 Diploma CG Plastering
- Level 1 Diploma in Plumbing Studies
- Job Skills for CSCS
Careers it can lead to
- Elementary Construction Occupations £26,300 a year
- With further study or experience Construction Operatives £30,800 a year
- With further study or experience Construction and Building Trades £27,500 a year
- With further study or experience Other Skilled Trades £24,800 a year
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With further study or experience
- Construction and Building Trades Supervisors £41,700 a year
- Roofers, Roof Tilers and Slaters £34,900 a year
- Road Construction Operatives £40,500 a year
Typical pay is the UK median for each job (Lightcast, October 2026).
Life on the course
See what it’s really like
Our facilities
Big, Well-Equipped Workshops
You'll train in dedicated construction workshops built for hands-on learning across the trades, led by teachers with real industry experience.
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Construction workshops
spacious, well-equipped spaces for hands-on work across joinery, plastering, plumbing, bricklaying and painting and decorating.
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Expert tutors
every session is led by tutors with real industry experience in the trade.
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Strong links with local companies
real experience on live projects, and the chance to take part in national competitions.
Real Workshops · Five Trades · Industry-Experienced Tutors
Student Voice
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I’ve gained loads of skills that’ll help me in life and in starting my career as a full-time painter and decorator. College has been a great experience—everyone’s treated equally, and the staff are really friendly and supportive. I’d definitely recommend it.
For parents and carers
Supporting your child’s journey
GCSE Support Built In
If your child needs to resit GCSE English or Maths, it's built into the timetable, not bolted on as an extra. They'll get structured support alongside their main course.
About student supportReal Career Prospects
These qualifications lead to real jobs. Our courses are built around the skills that employers are actually hiring for, locally and nationally.
See career optionsLearning Support
If your child has additional learning needs, our support team works with them from day one. Adjustments are put in place early so they can get the most out of their course.
About learning supportYour next step
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What happens after you apply
1
You apply
Apply online and you’ll get a confirmation email.
2
You meet your tutor
We’ll invite you to an interview to talk through the course and your plans, and make sure it’s right for you.
3
You get an offer
We’ll email you a conditional or unconditional offer.
4
You get ready to start
Come to a taster session in the summer, then enrol in August, bringing your results.