Certificate II in Furniture Making

(Pre-apprenticeship in Cabinet Making)

This VET program:

• provides participants with the knowledge and skills to achieve competencies that will enhance their employment prospects in the furnishing industry.
• enables participants to gain a recognised credential and to make informed choices in relation to vocation and career paths.

Sample Modules (Units 1 - 4) Program 1 (Partial Completion)

• Follow safe working policies and practices
• Construct a basic timber furnishing product
• Hand-make timber joints
• Join solid timber
• Prepare surfaces for finishing
• Carry out measurements and calculations
• Assemble furnishing components
• Use furniture-making sector hand and power tools
• Construct furniture using leg and rail method
• Prepare cutting list from plans and job specification
• Follow plans to assemble production furniture
• Read and interpret documents

Sample Modules (Units 1 - 4) Program 2 (Full Pre-Apprenticechip)

• Follow safe working policies and practices
• Construct a basic timber furnishing product
• Hand-make timber joints
• Join solid timber
• Prepare surfaces for finishing
• Introduction to the furnishing industry
• Communicate in the workplace
• Work effectively with others
• Set up, operate and maintain basic static machines
• Move and store materials and products
• Handle dangerous and hazardous goods
• Industry placement
• Select and apply hardware
• Apply sheet laminates by hand
• Set up, operate and maintain pressure and clamping machines
• Set up, operate and maintain drilling machines
• Apply first aid
• Carry out measurements and calculations
• Assemble furnishing components
• Use furniture-making sector hand and power tools
• Construct furniture using leg and rail method
• Prepare cutting list from plans and job specification
• Follow plans to assemble production furniture
• Read and interpret documents

Future Pathways

• Certificate III in Furniture Finishing
• Certificate III in Furniture Making
• Certificate III in Furniture Making (Cabinet Making)
• Certificate III in Upholstery
• Certificate III in Production Upholstery
• Certificate III in Furnishing (Wood machining)

Future Career Opportunities

• Cabinet maker
• Upholsterer
• Furniture polisher
• Wood machining