Carpentry and Joinery Level 1 – Construct an external inspection hatch Practical assignment Time allowed – up to 15 hours
Instructions to learners You should read all the instructions carefully before you start work and check with your trainer if necessary to make sure that you understand what you have to do. If you need to ask for help once you start the assignment it may affect whether you pass or not. You should also read the test criteria to see what your trainer is testing and to remind you of the required standard. You must complete all the tasks within 15 hours. A suggested time allowance is given for each task, but you can use a little more or less time on a task as long as you finish the whole assignment within 15 hours. Remember that over-running on one task will leave you less time for the remaining tasks. In order to pass this assignment, you must show your trainer that you use safe working practices throughout this assignment. You must use the relevant safety equipment and work to current legislation and regulations. If you do not do this, your trainer will stop the test immediately. This assignment is made up of three tasks based around a practical situation.
Background information You are working in a joiner’s workshop. You need to carry out the jobs that your supervisor tells you. This involves you setting out and making an external inspection hatch frame with side hung door, using the information from the drawing on page 2. Task A: Set out (time guide 2 hours) • Produce a setting out rod by drawing to full size the external inspection hatch in the drawing • Show all the relevant detail and information you will need to construct the door frame, and complete a cutting list Learner to submit above work to trainer for marking prior to starting Task B. Task B: Make a frame (time guide 6 hours) Make the door frame. The timber is planed to size and the rebate is ready machined square for you. You need to: • add the weathering bevel using hand tools • cut all the joints using hand tools, except the mortice holes where the morticer can be used • use a router to form the drip moulding and the sub-sill • fix the drip and sill with two screws, drilled and countersunk central, 75 mm from the end. Learner to submit above work to trainer for marking prior to starting Task C. Task C: Make and fit the door in the frame (time guide 7 hours) You need to: • cut all the joints using hand tools, except the mortice holes where the morticer can be used • use a router for the rebate and the moulding • use haunched mortice and tenon joints • mitre the moulding on the top rail and scribed on the bottom rail • cut and fit a 4 mm plywood panel to the door and bead it in using suitable sized beading that is to be mitred. © Construction Industry Training Board 2008 Construction Awards Alliance
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