BANGLADESH TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD

SYLLABUS FOR THE SHORT COURSE

ON

FURNITURE AND CABINET MAKING

TOTAL DURATION: 360 HOURS

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 OBJECTIVES

• To be able understand the futures and purposes of furniture and cabinet making.
• To be able to identify the quality materials used in furniture and cabinet making
• To be able to select proper tools and equipment required in furniture and cabinet making
• To be able to interpret the technical drawings.
• To be able to prepare materials for furniture and cabinet making.
• To be able to perform all types of furniture and cabinet making
• To be able to use the relevant technologies
• To be able to lead a small team of workers.
• To be able to develop mentality to 'make good conduct and relationship
• To be able to solve problems related to work activities.
• To be able to know the safety rules and first aids

COURSE OUT LINE

Name of Duration of Course Entry
Course Qualification
Total 360 hrs 5 days per week, Per day 3
Furniture hrs
And Theory= 70 hrs Theory = 1 hr, per lesson Minimum
Cabinet Practical= 230 hrs. Practice = 2 hrs. per practice Eight Pass.
Making Basic Competency & Total = 3 hrs, per working
Communicative English= 60 hrs day

LIST OF COMPETENCIES
Basic Competencies: Contents:
a) (i) Basic Competencies - 30 hours
Period Topics hours
1. Receive and Respond, Participate and Lead to workplace communication:
1 a) Explain & follow routinary speaking & messages in a workplace. 1
2 b) Follow routinary Speaking & message. 1
3 c) Perform work duties following written notices. 1
2. Work with others, Team Environment and Lead small Teams:
3 a) Develop effective workplace relationship. 1.5
4 b) Contribute to work group activities. 1.5
3. Demonstrate work values, Practice career professionalism and Develop & Practice
Negotiation skills
5 a) Define the purpose of works. 1
6 b) Apply work values/ethics. 1
7 c) Deal with ethical problems. 1
8 d) Maintain integrity of conduct in the workplace. 1
4. Practice housekeeping procedures, Occupational health and safety procedure and Solve
problems related to work Activities:
9 a) Sort and remove unnecessary items. 1
10 b) Arrange items. 1
11 c) Maintain work areas, Tools and Equipments. 1
12 d) Follow standardizes work process and procedures. 1
13 e) perform work spontaneously. 1
14 a. Use Mathematical Concepts & Techniques and Use Relevant 3
Technologies:
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 6. Personal Manner:
15 a) Show good Manner. 2
16 b) Respect honorable person (Sir, Senior, Trainees). 2
17 c) Cooperate & Thinking to each and other about practical works. 2
18 d) Maintain sequence in practical works. 2
19 e) Own Responsibility & Duties of practical works. 2
20 f) Observation of all practical works. 2

a) (ii) Communicative English - 30 hours

Related Subject-10 hours and General Subject- 20 hours 1 hour/period
On the completion of this course trainees will be able to:
1. Speak in English with confidence
2. Communicate with target persons effectively.
3. Understand the speech of English users.
4. Achieve better professional performance.
No. of Tropics- Conversational Situation hours
period
01 Speaking English – Getting Information & Finding one’s way 1
03 Speaking English – About Tools and Equipments 1
02 Speaking English – About meeting some one & participating in class. 1
04 Speaking English – Daily Activities & Asking About Activities 1
05 Speaking English – Evening Activities and about theoretical contents. 1
06 Speaking English – Meeting at the Train station & Asking Question at the Train 1
station.
07 Speaking English – Meeting at the Airport & Getting information at the Airport’s 1
08 Speaking English – About different type of Measuring Tools and Cutting Tools 1
09 Speaking English – Getting to the Hotel & Asking direction. 1
10 Speaking English – Asking about Buses & Traveling by bus. 1
11 Speaking English - About Practical Class. 1
12 Speaking English – Going by Taxi and Asking the time. 1
13 Speaking English – Arriving early or late and Time and the calendar. 1
14 Speaking English – Living in an Apartment. 1
15 Speaking English – Using the Telephone. 1
16 Speaking English – Getting help in stores and talking about shopping. 1
17 Speaking English – Sending and Receiving Letters. 1
18 Speaking English – Talking about the Weather & Trips and sight seeing. 1
19 Speaking English – Talking about Eating & Dinner Conversation. 1
20 Speaking English – About Machines and Materials. 1
21 Speaking English – Common Health problem and Quitting & Finding Jobs. 1
22 Speaking English – Office Details and Office Conversation. 1
23 Speaking English – About Practical Job. 1
24 Speaking English – On a specific situation & Public speaking. 1
25 Speaking English – About Exchanging view with a Persons & Introducing oneself. 1
26 Speaking English – Describing and Narrating events, place, Objects etc. 1
27 Speaking English – About different type of computer, operating system, system and 4
operating software, add remove software, DBM, Email and internet .

Practical:
1. Speaking on a specific Situation.
2. Public Speaking.
3. Exchanging views with target persons.
4. Introducing one self.
5. Describing & Narrating events, places, objects etc.
6. Producing the meaning of given words (by the teachers)-Vocabulary.
7. Prepared speech.
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A. Basic competencies:
• Perform to cutting tiles on any shape.
• Perform to layout of room position as per drawing
• Perform to layout of door and window position as per drawing
• Perform to dewatering with pumps or other means
B. Common Competencies:
• Perform to soling bricks, flat, raking bond (diagonal & herring bone bond),
end edging, zigzag
• Perform to prepare cement mortar with required ratio
• Perform to make base for setting tiles
• Perform to prepare scaffolding work in "any situation
C. Core Competencies:
• Perform to make tonen and mortise joint.
• Perform to make butt and halve joint.
• Perform to make dove-tail joint
• Perform to make operate wood turning lathe
• Perform to apply fillers
• Perform to apply French polish.
• Perform to fix hard wares.

Theory Duration -70 hours

Sl. No. Contents Time in
hours
01 Under the meaning and purpose and cabinet making with its type
02 Know about the characteristics of timbers with their uses
03 Understand the quality of timber and their uses
04 Know about the filed tests of timber.
05 Know about the uses of timber and their type
06 Know about the fixing of hard wares
07 Know about the tools & equipment required furniture and cabinet
making with their uses
08 Understand about the safety rules followed furniture and cabinet making works
09 Understand the purpose of sawing with their types
10 Know the process of sawing
11 Understand the necessity of planning
12 Know the process of chiseling
13 Understand the quality of fasteners required in furniture and cabinet
making works
14 Know about the joint and joinery
15 necessity of joint and types of joint used in furniture and cabinet making
16 To know about technical term used in furniture and cabinet making works
17 Understand the necessity of polishing
18 Understand about the importance of seasoning with their types
19 Understand about the defect in timber
20 Know about the estimate
21 Know about the estimate of wood works
22 Know about the estimate of furniture and cabinet works
23 Know about the French polishing works
24 Understand about the estimate of materials required for French polish
25 Understand about the estimate of fasteners required in furniture and
cabinet making works.
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Practical: Duration: 230 hours
Sl. No. Contents Time in
hours
01 Perform to measure timber.
02 Perform to use marking gauge tri-squire
03 Perform to make desire size using hand saw
04 Perform to make hole by hand drill
05 Perform to make hole by power drill
06 Perform to cut grove rabbet and tongue
07 Perform to preserve tools
08 Perform to sharp hand saw chisel and cutter iron
09 Perform to install and remove circular saw blade
10 Perform to install and remove circular saw blade
11 Perform to plane by planner
12 Perform to make tenon and halve joint
13 Perform to make butt and halve
14 Perform to make dove tail joint
15 Perform to operate wood turning lathe
16 Perform to make any type of furniture and cabinet as per drawing
17 Perform to fix fasteners and hard wares
18 Perform to apply fillers
19 Perform to apply French polish

REFERENCE BOOKS:
Building Construction : B.C punmia
Building Construction : Shushil Kumar
Construction and foundation Engineering : Dr. J Jha & S.K. Sinha
Estimating and Costing : B.N. Dutta

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
There is huge demand for Carpenter in the job markets in Bangladesh and other countries of the
world.
LIST OF TOOLS & EQUEPMENT
[For one group of 20 nos.]

Sl. No. Name of tools & Equipment Quantity Remarks

01 Marking gauge 5 nos
02 Measuring tape (10’, 50’ & 100’ long) 6 nos
03 Combination square 5 nos
04 Sliding bevel 5 nos
05 Mortise gauge 5 nos
06 Scribers 5 nos
07 Dividers 5 nos
08 Tri-square 5 nos
09 Spirit level 5 nos
10 Ball peen hammer 5 nos
11 Claw/nail hammer 5 nos
12 Mallet 5 nos
13 Rip-saw 5 nos
14 Back or tenon saw 5 nos
15 Dove tail saw 5 nos
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16 Cross cut saw 5 nos
17 Compass saw 5 nos
18 Key hole saw 5 nos
19 Coping saw 5 nos
20 Hack saw frame with blade 5 nos
21 Files 5 nos
22 Smooth plane 5 nos
23 Jack plane 5 nos
24 Fore plea 5 nos
25 Jointer plane 5 nos
26 Router plane 5 nos
27 Block plane 5 nos
28 Poke plane 5 nos
29 Rabbet and fillister plane 5 nos
30 Cabinet scraper 5 nos
31 Socket framer chisel 5 nos
32 Tank paring chisel 5 nos
33 Butt chisel 5 nos
34 Socket mortise chisel 5 nos
35 Gauge chisel 5 nos
36 Ratchet brace 5 nos
37 Auger bit 5 nos
38 Hand drill 5 nos
39 Square & straight sank twist drill 5 nos
40 Counter sink bit 5 nos
41 Whole saw and circle cutter 5 nos
42 Plain latch head screw driver
43 Phillips head screw driver 5 nos
44 Broom 5 nos
45 Scrapers 5 nos
46 Saw clap 5 nos
47 File handles 5 nos
48 Saw set 5 nos
49 Flat mill file 5 nos
50 Slim taper or extra slim taper saw files 5 nos
51 Radial arm saw 1 no
52 Circular saw 1no
53 Band saw 1no
54 Planner/ thicknesser 1no
55 Mortiser 1no
56 Jointer 1no
57 Shaper machine 1no
58 Wood lathe 1no
59 Power drill 5 nos
60 Hand gloves 40 nos
61 Sunglass 20 nos
62 Apron 20 nos
63 First aid box with essential items 5 nos

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 RAW MATERIALS REQUIRED
[For one group of 20 of 20 nos]

Sl. No. Name of materials Quantity Remarks

01 Timber (size wise) An requard
02 Fasteners An requard
03 Hard wares An requard
04 Adhesive/glue An requard
05 Wire nails (different size) An requard
06 Hinges An requard
07 Lock An requard
08 Wood screw An requard
09 Veneer board 10 nos
10 Partex board 10 nos
11 Hard board 10 nos
12 Melamine board 10 nos
13 Formica board 10 nos
14 Varnishing materials An requard