Federation University

Certificate II in Building and Construction Pre-apprenticeship

Choose between bricklaying, carpentry or painting and decorating streams.

Our hands-on program is the perfect start for your career as a bricklayer. We'll show you how to use hand skills and power tools on residential and commercial building sites, while you learn important workplace skills to make you more confident and comfortable, like site induction, preparing for work in the construction industry and communication skills to help you work well in a team.

We'll set you up to become skilled and knowledgeable at carpentry, ready to take the next step in your training and work life. We'll also give you advice about succeeding at your apprenticeship, so you can jump straight into it after this certificate. Plus, your teachers have all been apprentices themselves, so they know what it's like starting out in a trade. They'll be your guide as you learn in our state-of-the-art Building and Construction Training Centre.

You'll grow your creative side, while setting yourself up for a career as a qualified painter and decorator. Become skilled in the technicalities of painting and decorating, such as surface preparation and protective metal coatings as you learn about special processes like 3D effects, marbling, wood graining and rag rolling. Qualified painters and decorators are valued workers in the construction industry and if you follow this certificate up with an apprenticeship, you'll be an asset to any employer during your painting and decorating career.