MSFFM3028 - Prepare and apply decorative surfaces for furnishing products

Unit code: MSFFM3028 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
24
Location
Sunshine
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare, construct and apply veneers and inlays to furnishing product.Workers with this competency follow established procedures using some discretion, judgement and problem solving.

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:

  • prepare and apply the following decorative surfaces to workplace standards:
  • 2 veneer layups
  • 1 inlay.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • workplace procedures for:
  • work health and safety
  • quality assurance
  • reporting of machinery faults and material defects
  • types of surfaces and materials used in decorative surface application:
  • adhesives, cleaning materials and solvents
  • laminates
  • manufactured board and other suitable substrate material
  • textiles
  • sheet metal
  • timber
  • timber strips
  • features of veneer:
  • different cuts – quarter, crown, rotary, peeled
  • different figures found in veneer
  • veneer matching patterns
  • how to:
  • interpret furniture design documentation
  • prepare drawings and set-outs
  • tools and machinery commonly used to apply decorative surfaces to furnishing products
  • personal protective equipment (PPE) required while applying decorative surfaces to furnishing products.

Required reading

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

As part of a course

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

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

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