Part Time Wood Occupations (Machine Woodworking) NVQ Level 2

Wood Occupations (Machine Woodworking) NVQ Level 2

• School:
  • School of Technology
• Attendance Type:
  • Part Time
• Course Level:
  • Level 2
• Course Keywords:
  • wood machining

Summary:

This Work-Based Learners course is designed for apprentices/trainees and adults who are already working in machine woodworking. It is a broad based course covering the basic knowledge and skills relating to machine woodworking.

Entry Requirements:

You should normally be currently employed within the wood machining industry. It will be necessary for you to provide evidence from your workplace of tasks you have undertaken in a real work situation. Therefore you need to have access to an appropriate range of wood machining tasks.

Assessment:
The NVQ2 is a flexible programme in which you build up a portfolio of evidence to prove your ability. You will be guided throughout the assessment process by your course assessor, who will discuss the requirements of the NVQ with you and draw up an individual action plan for you to follow.

In bringing your evidence together, you will be expected to work largely in your own time and will attend college for tutorials and guidance. You will be required to provide evidence from your workplace across a broad range of machine woodworking tasks. In order to prove that this has been done you will build a portfolio. This logs the work you have completed and is signed by an approved person. An assessor from the college then assesses this work. It may be necessary to visit your workplace to confirm your evidence, which your assessor will arrange between you and your employer as appropriate.

If you have completed a Level 2 Craft Diploma in Construction or an Intemediate Construction Award within the last two years you can use the evidence gained for these qualifications to count towards the NVQ Level 2 provided it is not more than two years old.

Academic Progression:
Once you have gained the NVQ Level 2 you may continue your studies to gain a NVQ Level 3.

Full Description:

Mandatory Core Units

• Conform to general workplace safety
• Conform to efficient work practices
• Move and handle resources
• Produce sawn wood and wood-based products

Option List A (any two units)

• Produce planed wood and wood-based products
• Produce profiled wood and wood-based products
• Produce jointed wood and wood-based products
• Produce wood and wood-based products using Computer Numerically Controlled/Numerically Controlled (CNC/NC) machinery

Option List B (any two units)

• Mark out setting out details for routine products
• Manufacture routine products
• Produce sanded wood and wood-based products
• Produce bored wood and wood-based products
• Produce and maintain wood machining tooling
• Deal with product enquiries
• Machinery and equipment maintenance