The ‘Getting Ready’ list below gives you resources and activities you can do to get ready for when your course starts at College in September. We have picked resources and activities you can access online and we have some suggestions of other resources in the ‘Going Further’ section too.
Getting Ready to study Carpentry, Joinery or Furniture
- A link which can be used to purchase the L1 and L2 course text books for Carpentry and joinery – there is also an E-Text book too: https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/
- The original book from which all City and Guilds Furniture Making exams were set: The Technique of Furniture Making by Ernest Joyce and revised by Alan Peters
- Health & Safety Study – this will aid the passing of an on-line examination: Unit 201
- Health & Safety Executive – become familiar with this website for H&S guidance: https://www.hse.gov.uk/
- Principles of Building Study – this will aid the passing of an on-line examination: Unit 101
- Timber preparation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl5Srx-Ru_U
- Grain of timber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZqYh-6c0m8
- Sharpening and setting a plane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE4yVgdVW7s
- Ripping timber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_2vh8WPgeM
- Crosscutting timber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O8DIi2HfKM
- Chopping a mortice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_NXq7_TILA
- Cutting a mortise and tenon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBodzmUGtdw
- Cutting dovetails: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCYjoj6cfno
- Wood properties and uses: https://clickv.ie/w/wXCm
- The Preparation of Wood – FEWTEL https://clickv.ie/w/MXCm
Going Further to study Carpentry, Joinery or Furniture
- ClickView Online videos for work readiness:https://clickv.ie/w/VVCm – Learning for work
- https://clickv.ie/w/-VCm – Planning and organising
- https://clickv.ie/w/hWCm – Self Management
- https://clickv.ie/w/lWCm – Teamwork
- https://clickv.ie/w/nWCm – Communication
- https://clickv.ie/w/oWCm – Problem solving
- https://clickv.ie/w/TYCm – Fitting a mortice lock
