1969-2 Graduates of this qualification will be able to:-
- Apply workplace health and safety, environmental, and quality requirements to solid wood manufacturing operations.
Graduates of the Timber Machining strand will also be able to:
- Apply knowledge of factors affecting the finished quality of machined timber to operate and monitor the performance of a planing system.
- Set up a timber planer for dress four sides.
- Set cutters into cutter heads and joint straight cutters on a planing system in a timber machining operation.
1974 -2 Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of mechanical engineering systems to a solid wood manufacturing operation.
- Manufacture, grind and hone cutters in a timber machining operation.- Design profile cutter templates in preparation for profile grinding operations.
- Develop profile, and grind and hone profile cutters in-head in preparation for machine set-up.
- Interpret and apply specifications and knowledge to the operations and maintenance of timber machining equipment.
- Set cutterhead spindle positions and joint profile cutters.
- Set up a timber planer for profile.
- Maintain timber machining equipment and troubleshoot product defects.
