CAP Arts du bois - Option A Ornamental carver

At the end of their training, professional ornamental sculptors will be able to:

- master the craft techniques of woodworking to create, reproduce or restore objects, decorative elements or furniture.

- from sketches, create ornamentation for furniture, decorative elements for interior architecture (panelling, mantels, doors, balustrades) as well as decorative objects (clocks, lamp bases, etc.).

- from a commission, sketch the motif, then make a plaster model before moving on to the actual production to then shape the volumes and sculpt the details.

Execution of an ornament and modelling

• Preparatory study of the work to be made (drawing, modelling): preparation of hand tools, clamping equipment, machines - choice, cutting and working of wood - assemblies - setting up the piece to be sculpted.
• Creating the sculpture: transfer the drawing or model to the line, find the backgrounds, shape the volumes, execute the details of the model in low or high relief

Graphic realisation

• Representation of a style ornament in working size from a plaster model
• Translation of shadows (architectural drawing)
• Translation of shadows (architectural drawing)
• Translation of a style ornament in working size from a plaster model
• Translation of a style ornament in working size from a plaster model measurements
• Side sketches of a piece or a tool
• Overall drawings with detail studies
• Execution drawings

Technological analysis

• Characterising the woods woods
• Identify glues and their use
• Identify tools and their use
• Identify and select woodworking and finishing techniques
• Identify safety rules
• Characterise the trade or high-relief
• Define shimming
• Define readings
• Define mechanical operations and the finishing of mechanically roughed-out works.

Stylistic analysis in wood arts

• Commented critical stylistic analysis
• Comparative study of two creations
• Identification, classification and hierarchisation of stylistic elements

French and history-geography-moral and civic education

• Moral and civic education:Developing a critical mind, getting involved in a project and respecting a plurality of points of view.
• French: written and oral expression, becoming a competent reader, reading, saying and writing the profession.
• History-Geography: contextualising, finding one's bearings, memorising and gaining the ability to read, taking a historical or geographical approach and justifying it, collaborating and exchanging.

Mathematics / Physics - Chemistry: engaging in a scientific approach and appropriating mathematical and scientific tools

Health and Environment Prevention: risk prevention in the workplace, health and environment capital, the informed consumer individual.

Living Language 1: understanding, expressing oneself and interacting both orally and in writing in simple and familiar communication situations

Physical Education and Sport (for apprentices)

• Diploma from the Ministry of National Education and Youth Level 3 (CAP)

Find out more about this qualification (RNCP37301, exact wording of the diploma, name of the certifier, registration date of the qualification) by clicking here.

• All audiences

Have a good understanding of the job and be motivated to do it.

Level 3ème or equivalent experience.

2 people

• Fully classroom-based training

• Personalised course
• Group lessons
• Classroom examination

• Equipped technical platforms
• Room equipped with networked computer workstations
• Unmarked room with video projector

Positioning prior to entry into training.

Interviews, remediation with the educational referent and/or company referent during training.

Taking into account beneficiary satisfaction during and at the end of training.

For beneficiaries with disabilities: possible adaptation of training and certification methods, support by the TH referent.

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Education Nationale certified teachers, Bac +3 trainers with significant experience in adult education, professional lecturers.

Tests at the end of training (one-off assessment)

In-course assessment (CCF)

Positioning test by appointment.

Interview by appointment.

Training is available between 15 and 45 days before the start of the course, depending on the funding body. Please contact us.

Direct entry into employment mainly with artisan cabinetmakers and restorers of antique furniture and objects or in a high-end manufacturing workshop.

Possible further study with a vocational baccalaureate or master's certificate in a woodworking speciality (cabinetmaking, woodcarving, etc.) leading to a Diplôme de fin d'études secondaires des métiers d'art (DFESMA) specialising in sculpture or to another CAP Tourneur or Marqueteur to broaden the range of skills.

Access for people with disabilities

Transport

Métro line 1 : Malpasse station
Bus n°38, Lavéran-Diderot stop

These apprenticeship contract places are integrated into a class that comes under initial training (made up of pupils with school status) and are subject to enrolment at the lycée.

1st training session, we do not have Quality indicators.