MSF20516

Certificate II in Furniture Making Pathways

The overall aim of this program is to provide young people with the opportunity to gain comprehensive entry-level training in the furnishing industry. The program covers broad-based and core skills in cabinet making required to produce free-standing furniture or built-in cabinets.

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Enrolment Type VE1

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Consider this course if.....
  • Enjoy working in a creative team environment
  • Would enjoy working with wood to create high-quality products
  • Are practical, patient, methodical and persistent
  • Enjoy designing and creating practical, creative & innovative products
  • Are interested in a career in the Furnishing/Cabinet Making or related industries
Program Content

Sample competencies covered in Units 1 & 2 include: 

  • Make simple timber joints
  • Apply domestic surface coatings
  • Join materials used in furnishing

Sample competencies covered in Units 3 & 4 include:

  • Use furniture-making sector hand and power tools
  • Assemble furnishing components
  • Undertake a basic furniture-making project

 

Career opportunities
  • Cabinet Maker
  • Furniture Designer and Maker
  • Wood Machinist
  • Soft Furnishing Maker
  • Upholsterer
  • Textile Technician/Mechanic
  • Musical Instrument Maker
  • Leather Worker
  • Craft Design
  • Furniture Restorer
  • French Polisher 
Work placement

80 hours of work placement (over two years) is strongly recommended.

Contribution to VCE/VCAL/Vocational Major

VCE/VCAL/VM: Students may be eligible to receive recognition of up to two units at Units 1 & 2 level and a VCE VET Units 3 & 4 sequence.

ATAR: Students wishing to receive an ATAR contribution for the Units 3 & 4 sequence must undertake scored assessment for the purposes of gaining a study score. This study score can contribute directly to the primary four or as a fifth or sixth study. VCAL and the VCE Vocational Major do not contribute towards an ATAR.

Information Session

Details regarding the student and parent information sessions for all the VET courses will be published here in August.

Swinburne Senior Secondary College
Unit 1 and 2
Unit 3 and 4

Where and when

Unit 1 & 2

Swinburne Senior Secondary College (SSSC)
(Full)

Hawthorn Campus
505 Burwood Road, Hawthorn VIC 3122

Wednesdays

1:45pm - 5:45pm

Unit 3 & 4

Swinburne Senior Secondary College (SSSC)

Hawthorn Campus
505 Burwood Road, Hawthorn VIC 3122

Tuesdays

4:00pm - 8:00pm

RTO

Box Hill Institute

RTO Number: 4687

www.boxhill.edu.au

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