Despite our name, membership is not restricted to carpenters – we also welcome joiners, shopfitters, formwork carpenters, furniture & cabinet makers, boat builders (woodworking skills), heavy structural post & beam carpenters, wheelwrights, woodcarvers & woodturners – in fact, most professional …
James Filus | IOC Executive Director
James Filus leads both the IOC and its partner organisation the National Association of Shopfitters, driving collaboration, professional standards, and skills development across the shopfitting, joinery, carpentry, and shopfitting sectors. With …
The IOC was founded in 1890 by 11 craftsmen who had achieved first-class passes in the new exams set by the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, one of the oldest livery companies in the City of London. At that time, …
The Institute of Carpenters (IOC) is the home for professionals working with wood. Carpenters, joiners, furniture makers, shopfitters and others – if you are part of the craft in, or work with wood, then this is the Institute for you. …
