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Kingsrock Joinery

Institute of Carpenters Posted on 03/09/2021 by IOC-Admin03/09/2021

Show your passion for wood

Showing a possible employer that you’ve an interest in wood beyond your studies can be a great help at interview, says Jeremy Murphy FIOC, Director of KingsRock  Joinery. 

“There must have been something that inspired …


Contact Page

Institute of Carpenters Posted on 27/08/2021 by IOC-Admin10/09/2024

Head Office

32 High Street, Wendover, Bucks, HP22 6EA
T: 01296 625518
E: info@instituteofcarpenters.com

IOC President

Geoff Rhodes FIMMM MIOD
T: 01296 625518
E: president@instituteofcarpenters.com

IOC Membership Chairman

Gary Smith FIOC
T: 01296 625518
E: info@instituteofcarpenters.com

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Corporate Associate Application Form

Institute of Carpenters Posted on 26/08/2021 by IOC-Admin25/01/2024

If you are a business interested in supporting the aims and work of the Institute but do not work directly with wood trades, please complete the application form below.

Please do not use this form to apply for any other …


Existing Member?

Institute of Carpenters Posted on 05/08/2021 by IOC-Admin26/08/2021

To access the Members’ Area of our website, please go to our home page and log in on the left hand side or click here.

For members who joined prior to June 2014:

You do not need to register …


Laying Firm Foundations

Institute of Carpenters Posted on 05/08/2021 by IOC-Admin15/12/2023

Keeping track of money matters is vital when starting your own business. Matt Ryan FCCA, Director at IOC corporate members’ Numbers Ltd, outlines five key steps towards a firm business foundation.

1: Start with the right framework

“You may have …


Top five tools for your Carpentry and Joinery journey

Institute of Carpenters Posted on 05/08/2021 by IOC-Admin15/12/2023

With plenty of students moving through apprenticeships in carpentry and joinery, many will eventually be looking to start their own business. Here, IronmongeryDirect’s David Saxby, Senior Category Manager explores some of the innovative tools available for carpenters and joiners starting …


Building on Learning

Institute of Carpenters Posted on 05/08/2021 by IOC-Admin15/12/2023

Owen Phillips, carpentry student with Coleg Sir Gâr who won a Highly Commended certificate in IOC’s first ever Third Year Student Awards, has started his own business and has no shortage of work. “I finished my apprenticeship with a local …


Rapidly growing business

Institute of Carpenters Posted on 05/08/2021 by IOC-Admin15/12/2023

What is it like to run your own business? We asked one ex-student of East Riding College’s Construction Department, Joe Oliver of Oaks of Beverley.

In the two years since Joe Oliver graduated from East Riding College, he has not …


Will Hotchin – Apprentice Site Carpenter, Sheffield College

Institute of Carpenters Posted on 05/08/2021 by IOC-Admin01/12/2021

Will Hotchin comes from a long family line of carpenters stretching back to his grandfather. What made him want to carry on the tradition, we asked? “I really like hands-on practical work. I enjoyed doing Design Technology at school and …


Tim White – Apprentice Bench Joiner – IOC Student Member, Sheffield College

Institute of Carpenters Posted on 05/08/2021 by IOC-Admin01/12/2021

Tim White, a Level 2 Bench Joinery student at Sheffield College, has joined the Institute of Carpenters as a student member.  “I was working for a local building firm and we had several jobs where we needed to visit the …


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