Program Overview
Certificate III in Joinery
Course Overview
Gain specialist skills in timber joinery and develop a broad understanding of the building and construction industry with this entry-level course. Population growth is pushing demand for new housing construction with commercial building forecast to grow over the next five years.
This course will teach you to manufacture joinery components, use computer-controlled machinery, manufacture components for door and window frames, install windows and doors, construct and assemble stairs, and apply decorative finishes. Our industry-experienced staff are the best in the business and will give you the one-on-one guidance you need to get your trade qualification.
Upon completion of this course, you will have the skills and confidence to work as a joiner. If completed as part of an apprenticeship, this course allows you to apply for a trade qualification.
What Can I Do?
- Joiner - Stairs
- Joiner
Course Outcome
CPC31920 Certificate III in Joinery
Trade-Qualified Teachers
You will be taught by trade-qualified professionals with years of industry experience. Our teachers maintain close industry-ties to ensure training reflects current industry practice. Our large-scale training facilities replicate residential and commercial construction environments to deliver a hands-on training experience.
Free Apprenticeships
The Queensland Government is providing access to fully subsidised training across a range of priority apprenticeship or traineeship qualifications to support Queenslanders. Eligible qualifications have been chosen based on skills demand and advice from industry. If you’re eligible for funding, your course costs will be covered by the state government.
What You Will Study
The successful achievement of this qualification requires you to complete all core and 11 elective units from the list below.
Core Units
- UNIT CODE: CPCCCA2002
- UNIT NAME: Use carpentry tools and equipment
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to select and safely use and maintain carpentry tools and equipment, meeting all relevant requirements of national construction codes, Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCCA2011
- UNIT NAME: Handle carpentry materials
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to safely manually handle and store carpentry materials, meeting all relevant requirements of work health and safety (WHS) and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCCA3010
- UNIT NAME: Install windows and doors
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to plan, prepare and install window and door units, meeting all relevant requirements of the National Construction Code (NCC), Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCCM2006
- UNIT NAME: Apply basic levelling procedures
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to carry out levelling in a single plane for the purpose of establishing correct and accurate set-out of building components. It includes the set-up, testing and use of levelling devices, and establishing and transferring heights using a range of levelling equipment.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001, CPCCWHS2001, CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCCM2012
- UNIT NAME: Work safely at heights
- Unit description: This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to work safely on construction sites where the worker has the potential to fall from one level to another.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCCM3004
- UNIT NAME: Identify and apply information in construction plans, drawings and specifications
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to identify work site details and scope of work requirements from construction plans, drawings and specifications, and to apply that information to the initial scheduling and preparation for the work.
- UNIT CODE: CPCCJN2003
- UNIT NAME: Package manufactured products for transport
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to use packaging systems to protect finished products from damage during transportation, meeting all relevant requirements of work health and safety (WHS) and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCJN3002
- UNIT NAME: Use computer-controlled machinery
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to program, load and operate computer-controlled machinery for the production of components, meeting all relevant requirements of Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCJN3004
- UNIT NAME: Manufacture and assemble joinery components
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to carry out machining and manufacturing and assembling joinery components, meeting all relevant requirements of Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCJN3100
- UNIT NAME: Process materials to produce components using static machines
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to use static machines for manufacturing processes of components, meeting all relevant requirements of Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCJS3002
- UNIT NAME: Manufacture stair components for straight flighted stairs
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to manufacture components for straight-flight stairs, meeting all relevant requirements of the National Construction Code (NCC), Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCOM1012
- UNIT NAME: Work effectively and sustainably in the construction industry
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to work effectively and sustainably in the construction industry.
- UNIT CODE: CPCCOM1013
- UNIT NAME: Plan and organise work
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to plan and organise basic work tasks on a construction site.
- UNIT CODE: CPCCOM1014
- UNIT NAME: Conduct workplace communication
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to communicate effectively with other workers in a construction workplace environment.
- UNIT CODE: CPCCOM1015
- UNIT NAME: Carry out measurements and calculations
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to undertake basic measurements and calculations to determine task and material requirements in a construction work environment.
- UNIT CODE: CPCCOM2001
- UNIT NAME: Read and interpret plans and specifications
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to read and interpret plans and specifications relevant to construction operations at a basic level.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCOM3001
- UNIT NAME: Perform construction calculations to determine carpentry material requirements
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to plan and perform calculations to determine material requirements for a construction project.
- UNIT CODE: MSFFM3011
- UNIT NAME: Measure and draw site layout for manufactured furniture products
- Unit description: This unit of competency covers measuring and recording site layout details to provide an accurate basis for both manufacture and installation of furniture products.
Elective Units
- UNIT CODE: CPCCCA3016
- UNIT NAME: Construct, assemble and install timber external stairs
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to construct, assemble and install timber external stairs of one or more flights to provide access into a building or structure, meeting all relevant requirements of the National Construction Code (NCC), Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCCA3024
- UNIT NAME: Install lining, panelling and moulding
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to prepare, set out and install lining and panelling to masonry and timber and/or metal framed walls, meeting all relevant requirements of the National Construction Code (NCC), Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCJN2001
- UNIT NAME: Assemble components
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to assemble manufactured components to form a completed constructed unit, meeting all relevant requirements of Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCJN3003
- UNIT NAME: Manufacture components for doors, windows and frames
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to manufacture components for doors, windows and frames, meeting all relevant requirements of the National Construction Code (NCC), Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCJN3005
- UNIT NAME: Cut and install glass
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to manually cut glass in a straight line to form simple shapes and install glass in joinery structures, meeting all relevant requirements of the National Construction Code (NCC), Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCJS3003
- UNIT NAME: Assemble and install stairs
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to set out, assemble and install prepared components of straight flight stairs, meeting all relevant requirements of the National Construction Code (NCC), Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCJS3011
- UNIT NAME: Design and set out stairs
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to design and set-out materials for the manufacturing of stairs, meeting all relevant requirements of the National Construction Code (NCC), Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS), and Commonwealth and state or territory legislation.
- Pre-requisite unit: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT CODE: CPCCWHS2001
- UNIT NAME: Apply WHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
- Unit description: This unit specifies the outcomes required to carry out work health and safety (WHS) requirements through safe work practices in all on- or off-site construction workplaces.
- UNIT CODE: CPCSHP3005
- UNIT NAME: Apply and trim decorative additions to shopfittings and component
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to apply and trim specifically designed decorative panelling, frames, borders and mirrors to shopfittings and components to ensure a quality finish.
- UNIT CODE: CPCSHP3006
- UNIT NAME: Prepare shopfittings and surfaces and apply liquid finishes
- Unit description: This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to prepare new and previously coated shopfittings and surfaces, and to apply stains, lacquers, paint or sealer to create a specified finish.
- UNIT CODE: MSFFM3009
- UNIT NAME: Produce manual and computer-aided production drawings
- Unit description: This unit of competency covers producing manual and computer-aided production drawings.
Ways to Study
- Apprenticeships or traineeships
Choose Your Study Location
- Greater Brisbane
Campus
| Campus | Apprenticeship / Traineeships |
|---|---|
| Acacia Ridge | Apprenticeship |
Resources Required
- Personal protective equipment:
- Eye protection - safety glasses or clip-ons, where prescription glasses are normally worn (must conform to the Australian Standard 1336 or 1337)
- Protective footwear - safety toe cap and non-slip soles to AS2210
- Protective clothing - neat casual clothing (no sleeveless shirts or singlets)
- Ear protection - ear muffs or ear plugs (recommended)
- Disposable dust masks (recommended)
- Materials list:
- Scientific calculator
- 30cm and 15cm steel rulers
- 5 metre tape measure
- Metric Vernier calipers
- Compass and divider set
- Semi-circular protractor
- A4 Notebook
- Pens and HB Pencil
- Eraser (soft) and sharpener
Assessment Methods
Skill and knowledge assessments are an essential step in progressing through your course. You may be assessed in a number of ways while you are studying at TAFE Queensland, including observation, written assessment, questioning, portfolios, work samples, third-party feedback, and through recognition of prior learning.
Pathways
University Pathways
If you want to go on to further study at university, TAFE Queensland has a pathway option to get you there. In many cases, completing one of our diplomas may give you a full year of credit towards a degree with one of our partner universities.
How to Apply
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Course Disclaimer
All information was accurate at time of publication, however TAFE policies, tuition fees, available subsidies, and course content is subject to change without notice. Course commencement is dependent on sufficient enrolment numbers. Timetable information is subject to change prior to commencement and/or during the duration of your course.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Credit Transfers
Fast track your way to a formal qualification by earning credit for the things you already know. We can assess your skills, directly apply credits from previous successful study, and give you advanced standing in your course.
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