SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
The examination shall comprise three compulsory papers, namely Papers 1, 2 and 3. Papers 1 and 2 shall be a composite one and will be taken at one sitting.
Paper 1: This shall consist of 40 compulsory multiple choice questions to be answered within 45 minutes for 40 marks.
Paper 2: This shall comprise two sections, Sections A and B and will take 2 hours.
Section Az: This shall consist of ten compulsory short structured questions to be answered within 30 minutes for 20 marks.
Section B: This shall consist of three questions on design and drawing one of which shall be compulsory. Each question shall require sketches. Candidates shall be required to answer the compulsory question for 30 marks and any other question for 10 marks. The section shall take 1½ hours.
Paper 3: Shall consist of one practical task to be performed within 3 hours for 100 marks.
A list of materials for the test shall be made available to schools not less than two weeks before the scheduled date for the paper, for procurement and preparation for the test.Alternatively, Council may consider testing candidates using the alternative to practical work method in the event of constraints on requisite facilities. For this, there shall be two compulsory questions for candidates to answer within 2 hours for 100 marks. These shall test candidates’ real time experience in the workshops on safe use of tools, marking out, processing parts to specification, use of materials, etc. Freehand sketches of projects, tools and machines relating to furniture making may be required.
DETAILED SYLLABUS S/NO. CONTENTS NOTES 1 Furniture Workshop. - Workshop safety rules and regulations - Hand tools safety - Workshop bench and appliances - Machine tools safety - Portable power tools safety - Sources of workshop accident. - Timber growth, structure, classification, parts and cross section. - Conversion of timber, methods, advantages and disadvantages. - Seasoning of timber, methods, advantages and disadvantages. - Defects in timbers, causes, classification, illustrations with sketches. - Preservation of timber, preservatives - characteristics, types and applications. Furniture Making Materials. - Manufactured boards, types, method of production, uses, 2 advantages, disadvantages and sketches. - Wood adhesive definition applications, preparation, types, uses and characteristics. - Nails and uses – sketches, methods of driving in nails. - Screw types and uses, illustration with sketches and methods of driving in screws. - Cabinet fittings, types, uses, sketches and procedures of fittings. - Hand tools – types, classification, uses and sketches. - Machines – types, uses and operation. Woodworking tools - Portable power tools – types and operations. 3 and equipment. - Other tools and equipment used in furniture making. - Maintenance of furniture tools and equipment. - Timber preparation – cutting to sizes, marking and Furniture Design and planing timber to final sizes. 4 Construction. - Common wood work joints – types, classification and uses. - Construction – types of construction-frame box construction. - Free hand sketching of common household furniture items. - Design fundamentals, elements and principles of design. - Stages – preliminary sketches and working drawing. - Planning – working rod, selection of materials, cutting list. - Construction of different items of furniture, procedures – preparation of materials, setting out of joints, cutting of joints, assembling and finishing. - Meaning and forms. - Tools and machines. 5 Upholstery work. - Traditional and modern padding materials. - Design and construction of upholstery frames. - Padding and stuffing. - Fixing sewn materials. - Business opportunities in furniture making. 6 Entrepreneurship in furniture - Starting a furniture business, factors to be considered. marking. - Managing of furniture workshop, estimate and costing of furniture item. LIST OF FACILITIES AND MAJOR EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS REQUIRED: ITEM NO EQUIPMENT QUANTITY REQUIRED 1. Try Square 20 2. Mitre Square 10 3. Sliding Bevel 10 4. Marking Gauge 10 5. Mortise Gauge 10 6. Marking knives 10 7. Four Fold (wooden Rule) 10 8. Tape Rule (Metric) 20 9. Jack Plane 10 10. Smooth Plane 10 11. Trying Plane (jointing Plane) 5 12. Block Plane 5 13. Rebate Plane 5 14. G Clamp 5 15. Plough Plane 5 16. Bull Nose Plane 2 17. Router Plane 2 18. Rip Saw 10 19. Crosscut Saw 10 20. Tenon Saw 15 21. Panel Saw 10 22. Coping Saw 5 23. Compass Saw 2 24. Nest of Saws 2 25. Keyhole/pad Saw 1 26. Fret Saw 2 27. Dovetail Saw 5 28. Firmer Chisel 10 sets 29. Bevelled Edge Firmer Chisel 10 sets 30. Mortise Chisel (set) 10 sets 31. Turning Chisel 2 sets 32. Centre bit 5 sets 33. Auger Bit 5 sets 34. Twist Bit 5 sets 35. Rose 2 sets 36. Bradawl 10 37. Gimlet 5 sets 38. Ratchet brace 5 39. Dowel Rounder 5 40. Drill Bit 10 sets 41. Screw Driver (set of 6) 5 sets 43. Mallet 20 44. Claw Hammer 10 45. Cross Pein Hammer 10 46. Ball Pein Hammer 10 47. ‘F’ Clamp 10 48. Sash Clamp 10 49. Hand Screw 10 50. Bench Holdfast 5 51. Mitre Box 5 52. Mitre Cramp 5 53. Mitre Shooting Board 5 54. Flat Files (assorted) 10 55. Scraper(flat) 10 56. Dividers 10 57. Pincers 5 58. Spoke shave 2 59. Dowelling jig 5 60. Rasps 10 61. Sewing Machine 2 62. Scissors 10 63. Staple Gun 2 64. Needle (set) Curved and Straight 10 65. Tack Hammer 10 66. Pliers 5 67. Magnetic Hammer 5 68. Ripping Chisel 5 69. Knives 5 70. Tape (tailors type) 10 71. Web Strainer 10 72. Spring Cutter 5 73. Spanner (set) 2 sets 74. Wrenches 2 sets 75. Botton Making Machine 2 76. Work Bench 10 77. Bench Vice 20 78. Paint brush (sets) 5 79. Putty knives 5 80. Storage box 2 81. Water stone 2 82. Oil can 2 83. Veneer hammer 2 84. First-aid box 1
APPENDIX E: SUGGESTED READING LIST S/N NAME AUTHOR PUBLISHER 1 WOODWORK FOR G.C.E J.N GREEN Mills and Boon Ltd &C.S.E (Metric Edition) 2 WOODWORK IN THEORY & JOHN .A.WALTON PRACTICE 3 MODERN WOODWORKING WILLIS .H.WAGNER The Goodheart -Willcox,Inc 4 WOOD OCCUPATIONS PETER BRETT Nelson Thorns 5 THE THEORY AND GEORGE LOVE Longman PRACTICE OF WOODWORK (4th Edition) 6 CONSTRUCTING MODERN VICTOR .J.TAYLOR Sterlin g publishing Co.Inc New FURNITURE York 7 PRACTICAL UPHOLSTERY C.HOWES F.A.M.U Evans brothers Ltd London 8 WOODWORK DESIGN AND DAVID .M.SHAW Hodder and Stoughton London PRACTICE Sydney,Auckland Toronto