Course Name Timber Selection for Furniture Making
Department Department of Construction
Programme Description
This module is designed to meet the requirements for participants with knowledge and skills to select of timber for use in cabinet making and joinery.Selecting the right wood for joinery and woodworking can be frustrating. Getting it wrong can make a simple job of woodworking a nightmare. Sizes, knots, warping shrinking, splitting and that\'s before you\'ve even started. The competency encompassed in this module is equivalent to Level 4 of the National Qualifications for Cabinet Making and Joinery trade
Course Learnings
Describe the properties of timber   
Describe marketing form of timber   
Identify the types of timber defects, causes and remedies range
Identify types of wood pests, damages caused and preservations   
Apply correct methods for handling and storing sawn timber   
Identify the uses of veneers to manufactured boards
Level Certificate
Highest Attainment
Notes
Fees

Department:

Department of Construction

Programme Name:

Cabinet Making & Joinery Modules


Programme Description

This module is designed to meet the requirements for participants with knowledge and skills to select of timber for use in cabinet making and joinery.Selecting the right wood for joinery and woodworking can be frustrating. Getting it wrong can make a simple job of woodworking a nightmare. Sizes, knots, warping shrinking, splitting and that\'s before you\'ve even started. The competency encompassed in this module is equivalent to Level 4 of the National Qualifications for Cabinet Making and Joinery trade


Course Learnings

Describe the properties of timber   
Describe marketing form of timber   
Identify the types of timber defects, causes and remedies range
Identify types of wood pests, damages caused and preservations   
Apply correct methods for handling and storing sawn timber   
Identify the uses of veneers to manufactured boards


Level

Certificate


Notes


Fees