Students studying Trade Furnishing will consider ways that tools, machines, processes and technology are used to manufacture timber products.
Subject description
Trade Furnishing focuses on the introductory skills and knowledge used by industry in relation to timber and timber products. Predominantly a practical subject, students will work with a range of materials, machines and processes to design and manufacture a series of projects that meet design briefs and specifications. Students will:
- Identify and apply properties of materials to a range of different situations.
- Learn how to safety operate a broad range of tools and machinery.
- Understand how to interoperate working drawings / plans to manufacture products to specific specification.
- Develop critical thinking skills through practical problem solving.
Trade Furnishing is an 80% practical and a 20% theoretical subject that leads to vocational pathways offered in senior.
Out of class requirements
Theoretical homework
What’s important for this subject
Confident and safe use of tools and machines, interest in manufacturing.
Course Outline & Assessment
Unit 1: Timber Manufacturing - CO2 Dragster and Timber Puzzle
- Design Sketching – Orthographic, Isometric
- Aerodynamics
- Timber Manufacture and Finishing
- Introduction Timber Joinery
| Unit 1: Timber Camp Stool
- Introduction to Timber Joinery
- Introduction to Senior Machinery Workplace Health and Safety
- Interoperating Working Drawings
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Unit 2: Interlocking Puzzle
- Interoperating Working Drawings
- Introduction Timber Joinery
- Manufacturing Jigs
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Unit 2: Jewellery Box
- Introduction to Specialised Timber Machinery and Power Tools
- Sustainable Timbers
- Manufacturing Jigs
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This subject can lead into senior Engineering Skills, Furnishing Skills or Building and Construction Skills (Applied).
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