Assignment

Your trainer may ask you to complete this assignment as one of the assessment requirements for this unit. For more information about the assessment process and advice on what to do if you need help with your reading and writing, click on the link below.

Assessment requirements

Assignment for Section 3: Manufacturing processes

Choose one kitchen or bathroom cabinet design that you use regularly at work. Answer the following questions, using the table provided in the linked Word document to set out your answers.

1. Method of construction: Is it face-frame or frameless?

2. Carcase structure:

• What materials are used in the carcase (e.g. white melamine-faced particleboard)?
  
  
• What types of joins are used between the boards in the carcase (e.g. dowelled butt joints)?
  
  
• What fixings are used to hold the carcase together (e.g. dowels with PVA glue)?
  
  
• What tools are required to construct the cabinet (e.g. panel saw, drill press, etc.)?
  
  
  

3. Doors:

• What materials are used in the doors?
  
  
• What types of hinges are used?
  
  
• How are the hinges fixed to the door and the cabinet?
  
  
• What tools are required hinge the doors?
  
  
  

Take digital photos of the cabinet at various stages of completion, showing the construction methods, materials and hardware used and tools required.

Doc (73 KB) Table for assignment details

Click on the link above to go to the Word version of the table you should use to write up the details. You should fill in your answers on-screen and then either:

• print out a hard copy to send to your trainer by post
  
  
• save the file electronically to submit to your trainer as an email attachment.

Remember to include your photos with the submission, either in hard copy or as email attachments.