Evening classes in Woodworking, Furniture Making and Carpentry
Participants from one of the popular Woodworking & Furniture Making classes at St Colmcille's Community School prepare timber for a small table.
Wood is a versatile material from which you can make a large range of items for your home and garden. Join a course this term and learn all the basic skills you need to complete small projects, including tables, mirror and picture frames, jewellery and trinket boxes, and much, much more. Once you have mastered the basic skills, you can take on bigger and more ambitious projects; the world is your oyster!
During a typical 10-week Workwork or Carpentry course, you should expect to learn the basic skills, from measuring and planing wood to cutting a range of joints and finally sanding and finishing the final product, as you complete a small project. During more atypical courses like the Creative Carpentry course at Gorey Community School, you'll use a variety of woodworking and upcycling skills as you make some unique items for your home.
During a typical 10-week Workwork or Carpentry course, you should expect to learn the basic skills, from measuring and planing wood to cutting a range of joints and finally sanding and finishing the final product, as you complete a small project. During more atypical courses like the Creative Carpentry course at Gorey Community School, you'll use a variety of woodworking and upcycling skills as you make some unique items for your home.
Photos from the Creative Carpentry course at Gorey Community School in Co Wexford and the Woodwork and Furniture Making course at St Colmcille's Community School, Dublin 16
Where to find Woodwork, Carpentry, Furniture Making and Joinery courses
Schools in the NACED network running Carpentry, Woodwork, Joinery and Furniture Making courses, include:
Boyne Community School, Trim, Co Meath • Cabinteely Community School, Cabinteely, Dublin 18 (Woodwork/Woodcraft) • Crescent College Comprehensive, Dooradoyle, Limerick (Woodwork) • Gorey Community School, Co Wexford (Creative Carpentry; Cabinet Making) • Hartstown Community School, Dublin 15 (Carpentry: A Practical Approach - beginners) • Old Bawn Community School, Tallaght, Dublin 24 • Palmerstown Community School, Dublin 20 (Carpentry: A Practical Approach - beginners) • Pobalscoil Neasáin, Baldoyle, Dublin 13 (Woodwork) • Scoil Mhuire Community School, Clane, Co Kildare (Basic Woodworking) • St Colmcille's Community School, Knocklyon, Dublin 16 (Woodworking & Furniture Making) • St Tiernan's Community School, Balally, Dublin 16 (Woodworking).
Courses are added at other schools in our network from time to time. Check out links to your local schools on our homepage for the most up-to-date course details. Classes are run during the Autumn and Spring Terms, with a small number of schools also running during the Summer Term.
A number of our schools also run Woodturning and Woodcarving courses. If you would prefer to restore rather than make furniture, then there's a range of Furniture Restoration courses too. Indeed, no matter what you're looking for, one of our schools is likely to offer a course just for you.
Boyne Community School, Trim, Co Meath • Cabinteely Community School, Cabinteely, Dublin 18 (Woodwork/Woodcraft) • Crescent College Comprehensive, Dooradoyle, Limerick (Woodwork) • Gorey Community School, Co Wexford (Creative Carpentry; Cabinet Making) • Hartstown Community School, Dublin 15 (Carpentry: A Practical Approach - beginners) • Old Bawn Community School, Tallaght, Dublin 24 • Palmerstown Community School, Dublin 20 (Carpentry: A Practical Approach - beginners) • Pobalscoil Neasáin, Baldoyle, Dublin 13 (Woodwork) • Scoil Mhuire Community School, Clane, Co Kildare (Basic Woodworking) • St Colmcille's Community School, Knocklyon, Dublin 16 (Woodworking & Furniture Making) • St Tiernan's Community School, Balally, Dublin 16 (Woodworking).
Courses are added at other schools in our network from time to time. Check out links to your local schools on our homepage for the most up-to-date course details. Classes are run during the Autumn and Spring Terms, with a small number of schools also running during the Summer Term.
A number of our schools also run Woodturning and Woodcarving courses. If you would prefer to restore rather than make furniture, then there's a range of Furniture Restoration courses too. Indeed, no matter what you're looking for, one of our schools is likely to offer a course just for you.
