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