DIY and Joinery for Women: Beginners

22/09/2025 - 01/12/2025

Duration : 10 weeks

| Arts & Craft

A course centered around learning the basics of home DIY, and the beginnings of joinery.

Brief Description:

A course centered around learning the basics of home DIY, and the beginnings of joinery. You will be learning and practicing with a range of hand tools, DIY knowledge and skills, and how to make various wood joints. You will finish with two final pieces – a small stud wall model, and a wood frame of the joints you have learned.

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

This is a course for beginners. No previous experience is necessary.

Learning Outcomes:

DIY – Make a miniature stud wall, learn how to fix some common household problems, and gain confidence with a range of household tasks

  • Get training, tips and practice in a range of hand tools
  • Working with plasterboard
  • Testing out a range of plasterboard fixings
  • How to fix a hole in plasterboard
  • Fitting skirting and caulking

Joinery – Learn 6 different joints and make a final piece demonstrating all joints

Learn skills/tools

  • Gain skills in using hand tools and how to make neat wood joints
  • Make a final piece demonstrating all the joints you learn

Extra activities:

  • Hammer in nails
  • Match and examine different screw sizes – what would they be used for
  • Cut internal corner from skirting
  • How to fix a screw hole that is too big

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment:

Wear sensible shoes/boots. No sandals/ open toes allowed in the DIY room. If you choose to wear Steel Toe Capped Boots, costs start at approx. £20 from hardware stores.

The wood for the joint practice and 6 joint frame will be provided.

Please do not buy a battery drill but if you do have one, you will find it beneficial to bring it with you to class.

For the first session you will need to bring:

A pencil and notepad. No sandals, or open-toed shoes are allowed in a workshop setting. Hair must also be tied back.  Wood for the joints and frame project will be provided.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Your tutor will advise you.

The Adult Learn and Train office is also able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.

Adult Learn and Train offer courses through-out the year.

Try similar courses or maybe look at learning something completely new.

You will find provision on some Saturday and Sundays, you will also find courses available in the day and evening at different venues in Cambridge. Courses vary in length from one-off sessions to 10 weeks or more.

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DIY and Joinery for Women: Beginners

Course details

Location

Parkside Community College, Parkside, Cambridge CB1 1EH

Time

6.45pm - 8.45pm

Fees

£185 (£123 concessionary fee)

Booking notes

To book onto this course, please either call the office on 01223 712340 or email office@adultlearning.education

Tutor

Imogen Davies

Following completion of a joinery apprenticeship, I gained 10 years experience in carpentry, joinery, and DIY. I want to help my students gain the skills they need to fix their household problems themselves, and answer some of those common questions and uncertainties. I love seeing different gadgets students turn up with, and am always interested in hearing about the different ways people do things. Outside of teaching and carpentry, I enjoy doing stained glass, reading, gardening, and clocking off at 5 with a G&T.

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