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CRAFT TRAINING
City of Bath College
Tel 01225 312191
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L3 NVQ Architectural
Stone Conservation
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L1 Craft Dip / L1 NVQ
Stonemasonry
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L2 Craft Dip / L2 NVQ
Stonemasonry
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L3 Craft Dip / L3 NVQ
Stonemasonry
1 yr
1 yr FT
1 yr FT
1 yr FT
The Building Crafts College
Tel 020 8522 1705
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Metal roofing training
courses
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CAA and C&G Dip
Advanced Stonemasonry
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Dip Fine Woodwork
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Stonemasonry courses
(CDS, ACD, L2 and 3 NVQ)
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Joinery courses from
L1 Dip to L3 Advanced
Modern Apprenticeship
2–3 days
1 yr FT
2 yrs FT
1–2 yrs FT
Varies
City of Glasgow College
Tel 0141 566 6222
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HND Furniture Restoration
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L1 Taking Care of Older
Buildings
2 yrs FT
10 wks PT
City & Guilds of London Art School
Tel 020 7735 2306
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Dip Architectural Stone
Carving
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Dip Ornamental Wood
Carving and Gilding
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Dip Architectural Stone
Carving
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L6-L7 PDA Stonemasonry
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NQ Conservation and
Restoration
3 yrs
3 yrs
3 yrs
PT
1 yr
Herefordshire and Ludlow College
Tel 0800 032 1986
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L2 Dip Blacksmithing
and Metalwork
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L3 Extended Dip
Blacksmithing and Metalwork
1 yr
2 yrs
Heritage Craft Alliance Ltd
Tel 01677 422289
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L3 Apprenticeships in
wood and masonry
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Heritage Skills, Supervision
and Management
Conservation
2 yrs
Varies
Lead Sheet Association Ltd
Tel 01622 872432
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C&G 6055 Leadworkers
Cert/Advanced Cert
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L3 QCF Heritage Leadwork
Specialist Apprenticeship
Programme
35 days
(Adv + 15 days)
1 yr
LTM Training Academy
Tel 01786 459 990
Building Conservation
Technician Apprenticeship
3 yrs
Moulton College
Tel 01604 491131
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L3 NVQ Heritage Skills
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L2 NVQ/Apprenticeship
Architectural Banker Masonry
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L3 NVQ/Apprenticeship
Architectural Banker Masonry
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L3 Dip Architectural
Banker Masonry
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L3 NVQ Fixer Mason
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L2 Dip Architectural
Banker Masonry
On site
assessment
2 yrs BR*
1 yr BR*,
2 yrs DR*
1 yr
On site
assessment
2 yrs
The Prince’s Foundation
Tel 020 7613 8526
Tel 020 7613 8514
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L2 NVQ Young Heritage
Apprenticeship
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L3 NVQ Building Craft
Apprenticeship
1 yr
8 mnths
South Coast Roof Training
Tel 0845 678 0065
L3 NVQ Heritage Roofing
apprenticeship and
up-skilling programmes
SAP: 30 days,
SUP: 1 yr
Tywi Centre
Tel 01558 824271
L3 NVQ Specialist Apprentice
Programme in carpentry,
plastering or stonemasonry
1 yr
Warwickshire College
Tel 0300 456 0049
L3 Dip Blacksmithing and
Metalworking
1 yr
Weymouth College,
Construction Sector
Tel 01305 208750
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L2–3 NVQ Stonemasonry
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L2–3 Dip Stonemasonry
L2 2 yrs PT,
L3 1 yr PT
L2 1 yr,
L3 1 yr FT
York College
Tel 01904 770368
Tel 01904 770200
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L2–3 NVQ Stonemasonry,
Intermediate and Advanced
Apprenticeships
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L2 Dip Stonemasonry
Int App: 2yrsBR*,
AdvApp:1 yr BR*
1 yr FT
BR* Block release
DR* Day release
SHORT COURSES
Anglia Lime Company
Tel 01787 313974
Courses on the use of lime 1 day
Birmingham City University
Tel 07912 023123
Building conservation CPD
courses
2 days
The Brooking National Collection
Tel 01483 274203
Master classes on
architectural period details
Varies
Burngate Stone Centre
Tel 01929 439405
Masonry, carving and
letter cutting courses
Varies
Chalk Down Lime Ltd
Tel 01580 830092
Day courses including
brickwork, pointing, lime
plasters and wattle and daub
1 day
The Chippendale
International School
Tel 01620 810680
Furniture design,
woodworking and furniture
restoration courses
30 wks
Cornish Lime Company Ltd
Tel 01208 79779
Courses and CPD seminars on
breathable paints and lime
½–1 day
Dorset Centre for Rural Skills
Tel 01747 811099
Lime and straw bale building
courses
1–2 days
Dry Stone Walling Association
of Great Britain
Tel 01539 567953
Dry stone walling courses
2 days
Ecole d’Avignon Centre
Tel +33 (0)490 855 982
Traditional craft and heritage
conservation courses
Varies
Eden Lime Mortar
Tel 07717 400233
Lime mortar training days
1 day
Essex County Council,
Traditional Building Skills Courses
Tel 03330 136560
Building conservation and
traditional building skills
courses including lime plasters
and mortars, pargetting,
brickwork and joinery
(see Events section for details)
1–3 days
European Centre for
Heritage Crafts and Professions
Tel +39 (0)445 372329
Architectural heritage
conservation courses
Varies
Fleur Kelly
Tel 01373 814651
Intensive short courses, run on
demand, on a variety of fresco
and panel painting techniques
5-10 days
The Flintman Company
Tel 01273 556827
Flint courses
1 day
The Green Wood Centre
Tel 01952 432769
Professional courses in
woodland management and
greenwood crafts
1–5 days
Heritage Craft Alliance Ltd
Tel 01677 422289
Traditional building skills
courses including leaded
glass work, green timber
framing, stonemasonry and
wood turning
Varies
ICCROM
Tel +39 (0)6 585531
Heritage conservation
training courses
Varies
Lead Sheet Association Ltd
Tel 01622 872432
Introductory leadworking
courses and professional
seminars
1–5 days
The Lettering and
Commemorative Arts Trust
Tel 01728 688393
Wood and stone letter carving
and calligraphy courses
1–7 days
The Lime Centre
Tel 01962 713636
Bespoke lime courses
Varies
Low-Impact Living Initiative
Tel 01296 714184
Craft and sustainable
building courses
Varies
Mike Wye & Associates Ltd
Tel 01409 281644
Practical courses in lime
plasters and mortars,
tadelakt and marmorino
1 day
North of England Civic Trust
Tel 0191 232 9279
Practical heritage skills
courses throughout the
North East, North Yorkshire
and Cumbria
½–5 days
Old House Store Ltd
Tel 0118 946 9146
Practical building
conservation courses
1 day
Orchard Barn
Tel 01473 658193
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Traditional building
maintenance courses
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Timber framing courses
3 days
Varies
The Orton Trust
Tel 01536 711600
Practical stonemasonry
courses including carving,
lettering and stone
conservation
3 days
Oxford Brookes University
Tel 01865 483560
Short planning courses for
professionals
Varies
The Penicuik House Preservation
Trust
Tel 01383 872722
Building conservation and
traditional building skills
courses
1–5 days
Philip A Gaches Plasterwork
Tel 01778 342188
Traditional plastering courses Varies
The Portland Sculpture and
Quarry Trust
Tel 01305 826736
Introductory/advanced
courses in stonemasonry,
sculpture and letter-cutting
Varies
Rainbow Glass Ltd
Tel 020 7249 0276
Stained glass courses and
workshops
1 day