This is a 22 week QQI Level 5 Course
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Outline health and safety procedures in a workshop environment
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Explore the characteristics of a range of materials utilised in furniture production to include natural and man made materials
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Identify a range of hand and portable power tools and their application in furniture manufacture
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Explore a range of material finishes
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Employ workshop resources to construct items of furniture to include selection and use of appropriate hand and portable power tools
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Illustrate design ideas through a range of media to include sketching and working drawings
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Apply furniture production principles to a workshop environment to include construction of a range of material jointing techniques
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Select and apply a range of material finishes to include polishes, lacquers, paints and varnishes
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Contribute to improvements in health and safety procedures in a workshop environment
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Respond to a given brief to produce an item of furniture
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Evaluate work produced in response to a specific design brief considering, planning, objectives, preparation and time management.
Contact to be confirmed nightcourses@stjohnscollege.ie for details