Construction
Aluminium joinery and Alucobond cladding
Six months to make aluminium windows, doors and shopfronts, and clad modern façades in composite panels.
State diploma · CQIPre-registration open
Free pre-registration, with no commitment. Fees can be paid in instalments.
- Duration
- 6 months
- Two intakes a year
- Entry level
- BEPC or CAP
- Required on entry
- Qualification
- CQI
- Awarded by the State
- Next intake
- 12 October 2026
- Pre-registration open, classes begin in 2 days
The job, day to day
Today's buildings, shops and villas feature aluminium windows and doors, shopfronts and façades clad in composite panels such as Alucobond. The aluminium joiner takes measurements, cuts and assembles the profiles, fits the glazing and installs the units. The joiner also clads façades and signage, a fast-growing skill.
The course teaches you to take accurate measurements, read a cutting list and use the tools for cutting and assembling profiles. You make sliding and opening frames, doors and shopfronts, fit glazing and seals, then learn on-site installation. The second part is devoted to Alucobond: marking out, routing, folding and fixing panels onto a frame.
You leave able to make and install aluminium joinery and carry out façade cladding, for a company or for your own clients.
What you will be able to do
Take accurate measurements
Measure an opening and prepare the cutting list.
Cut and assemble profiles
Frames, doors and shopfronts to the right size.
Fit glazing and seals
Weathertightness and a neat finish.
Install on site
Fixing, packing and adjusting opening sashes.
Clad a façade in Alucobond
Marking out, routing, folding and fixing panels.
Where this course can lead
Aluminium joinery workshops
Making windows, doors, shopfronts and partitions.
Façade and signage companies
Cladding façades and signs in composite panels.
Self-employed aluminium joiner
Orders and installations for homeowners and shopkeepers.
A State-recognised qualification
The CQI is a State qualification, awarded under the authority of the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training. It officially certifies your professional skills.
- Qualification
- CQI
- Authority
- MINEFOP
- Completed in
- 6 months
Two intakes a year
- Next intake
12 October 2026
Confirmed date
Pre-registration open, classes begin in 2 days
No closing date. You can still join up to fourteen days after classes begin.
- Following intake
January 2027
Exact day to be confirmed by the centre
Provisional date, pre-registration open
Pre-registering already reserves your place.
Free pre-registration Reserve your place for 12 October 2026
Pre-registration is free and carries no commitment. The registrar will call you back to confirm your place.
- Free
- No commitment
- Nothing to pay online
What happens next
- You start here, then complete your file in a few minutes.
- The registrar calls you back to confirm your place.
- You pay the fees at the registrar's office in Fouda, in instalments if you wish.
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