Subjects
To be awarded the 
MSF30213 Certificate III in Furniture Making, competency must be achieved in twenty-eight (28) units of competency.
fifteen (15) core units of competency
thirteen (13) elective units of competency.
Note: Units marked with an asterisk have one or more prerequisites and must be considered in the total number of units. Please refer to individual units for details.
CORE UNITS
Complete all fifteen (15) units from this list.
Unit code | Unit title |
Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices | |
Work safely | |
Communicate in the workplace | |
Work in a team | |
Prepare surfaces for finishing | |
Use furniture making sector hand and power tools | |
Assemble furnishing components | |
Hand make timber joints | |
Set up, operate and maintain basic static machines | |
Apply manufactured board conversion techniques | |
Produce manual and computer-aided production drawings | |
Make measurements and calculations | |
Read and interpret work documents | |
Estimate and cost job | |
Handle dangerous goods/hazardous substances |
ELECTIVE UNITS
Select thirteen (13) units from Groups A or B as specified below.
Group A
Select a minimum of seven (7) units from Group A.
Unit code | Unit title |
Select and apply hardware | |
Apply sheet laminates by hand | |
Join solid timber | |
Follow plans to assemble production furniture | |
Bend and form cane | |
Construct cane furniture | |
Set up, operate and maintain pressure and clamping machines | |
Construct chair and couch frames | |
Construct furniture using leg and rail method | |
Produce angled and curved furniture using manufactured board | |
Produce angled and curved furniture using solid timber | |
Fabricate custom furniture | |
Install furnishing products | |
Prepare and apply decorative surfaces for furniture | |
Select timbers for furniture production | |
Prepare cutting list from plans and job specifications | |
Measure and draw site layout for manufactured furniture products | |
Set up, operate and maintain sawing machines | |
Set up, operate and maintain drilling machines | |
Set up, operate and maintain joining machines | |
Set up, operate and maintain planing and finishing machines | |
Set up, operate and maintain multi-head planing and moulding machines | |
Set up, operate and maintain routing and shaping machines | |
Set up, operate and maintain mechanical wood-turning lathes | |
Set up, operate and maintain automated edge banding machines | |
Fabricate synthetic solid surface products | |
Set up, operate and maintain computer numerically controlled (CNC) sizing machines | |
Set up, operate and maintain computer numerically controlled (CNC) machining and processing centres | |
Produce and maintain cutting tools | |
Construct jigs and fixtures |
Group B
Up to six (6) relevant units may be chosen from units not already selected from Group A, or units available in this Training Package or other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses. Those units must be aligned at Certificate II level (maximum 1 unit), Certificate III level (maximum 6 units) or Certificate IV level (maximum 1 unit).
Units selected from other Training Packages and accredited courses via Group B must be relevant to the qualification outcome and not duplicate units available within this qualification.