Furniture Making

Faculty of Industrial Technology  Certificate III in Furniture Making (for Overseas Students)

Benefit Statement

Successful completion of this course will enable you to apply for trade recognition as a Cabinet-maker.

Topics:

  • Workplace safety
  • Use and maintain hand and power tools
  • Operate and maintain cabinet-making machinery
  • Construct furniture using solid timber and manufactured boards
  • Production drawing
  • Prepare surfaces for lacquer
  • Apply surface coating by spray gun
  • Selecting timbers for production
  • Fabricating custom furniture
  • Production of angled and curved furniture
  • Selecting and applying hardware
  • Estimating costs for manufacture
  • Handle dangerous substances safely
  • Career prospects
  • Employment opportunities and career prospects include being able to apply for trade recognition as a cabinetmaker in Australia.

The Australian Cabinet-making Furnishing Industry is a buoyant and energetic industry that provides a bright future for people making it their career. While modern production methods are relying on computer controlled manufacturing and design methods. The traditional side of the industry required people who possess the time honoured hand skills. Together, these two sections of the industry provide career opportunities for almost every level of skill and ability.

Different employment in the industry includes production of un-upholstered furniture (tables, chairs, bedroom furniture, wooden outdoor furniture), upholstered furniture and carcass furniture eg. built-in robes, kitchens and workstations.

On successful completion of this course, graduates may consider further study at a higher tertiary level with the vocational education and training sector.

Delivery Method

This course is delivered for a minimum of 20 hours per week over 69 weeks, excluding holidays. Delivery is a combination classroom delivery, assignments and industry assessment. Competencies will be assessed by a theory test, practical skills and projects.

The objective of vocational placement is to better familiarise students in real workplace settings for, Certificate III in Furnishing, with people who work in the occupation of furniture making. The greater the practice of skills during vocational placement, the higher the skill levels the student will achieve and the more likely the student will not only meet but exceed the learning outcomes.

The students will be placed in a range of industry relevant settings ranging from furniture makers small, medium and large in order to give the student a broad range of practical experience thus further enhancing their theoretical learning at TAFE.

The industry placement is co-ordinated by a member of the TAFE cabinetmaking teaching team who regularly monitors the range of vocational experience being gained by reviewing the student's vocational placement diary on a monthly basis.

Each student is provided with a vocational placement diary with workplace forms which need to be completed and signed off by the workplace supervisor and registered training organisation instructor when the student has achieved competence for each workplace task. These workplace tasks have a direct link with learning outcomes and assessment requirements.
Support Services: TAFE undertakes a duty of care towards students and offers student support services.

Course Resources

Steel capped safety work boots, safety glasses (not goggles), tape measure (metric), pencils, pens, paper and calculator.

At the commencement of each unit of study, the Institute supplies the following resources, where applicable:

Learning Materials:

  • Learning Guide, assessment requirements, handouts, online resource lists, reference lists, vocational placement diary/work book, clinical practice workbook
  • Tools of Trade
  • Textbooks

Library Resources, where applicable:

  • Access to photocopiers
  • Textbooks
  • Reference books
  • Access to computers for online searches

Facilities and Equipment available:

  • Information technology (computers) MS2003 XP Windows, Office Professional, Outlook, Internet Explorer, job-related software for teaching-learning, computer disk drive and USB ports

Please contact info@thisisaustralia.com for more information.

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