MSFFM2017 - Hand make timber joints

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Unit code: MSFFM2017 | Study level: TAFE
Credit points
N/A
Location
Sunshine
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to make timber joints using hand and portable power tools. Workers with this competency complete routine tasks in industries such as furniture and cabinet making.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

  • choose and make appropriate joints, including 4 different joint types and 2 types of adhesive, using only handheld tools while undertaking:
  • box construction
  • carcass construction
  • drawer construction
  • frame construction.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • workplace procedures for:
  • work health and safety
  • quality assurance:

    visual appearance – alignment, neatness
    tolerance
    gaps or play in joints and strength
    reporting of faults

  • workflow for furniture production
  • joint types and their suitability for different purposes, including at least four of the following:
  • dowel
  • mortice and tenon
  • dovetail
  • lap joint
  • biscuit joint
  • finger joint
  • housing joint
  • mitre joint
  • bridle joint
  • characteristics of different timber types commonly used in joint construction
  • characteristics of different adhesive types commonly used in joint construction
  • function of tools commonly used for hand construction of joints, including at least 5 of the following:
  • chisel
  • mallet
  • mortise gauges
  • vernier calipers
  • vice
  • dovetail saw
  • tenon saw
  • coping saw
  • plane
  • file
  • hand drill
  • power drill
  • dowel jig
  • power router
  • portable biscuit machines
  • power planers
  • power saw
  • personal protective equipment (PPE) required for hand construction of joints.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the VU Polytechnic and/or via the Victoria University Polytechnic e-Learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate II in Cabinet Making and Timber Technology
MSF20322 | Certificate ii | Duration:
Certificate III in Cabinet Making and Timber Technology
MSF30322 | Certificate iii | Duration:

Refer to the course page for information on how to apply for the course. VU takes care to ensure the accuracy of this unit information, but reserves the right to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that unit information is current with the Student Contact Centre.

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