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Application Form Part 2 and Technical Industry Questions – Certificate III in Carpentry
Application Form Part 2 and Technical Industry Questions – Certificate III in Carpentry
17/02/2023
1.
Site Safety: Following all WHS requirements, controlling hazards, safe use of tools and equipment, including communicating with workers. Conduct risk assessments and develop SWMS for carpentry related work.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
2.
Site Set Out and Levelling: Setting out L-and T- shape building on a site with fall. Must have 3mm tolerance over minimum diagonal length of 10 metres, and include pads, slabs, strips and piers. Check and measure level using two-peg test using below devices: - Spirit level - Optical or Dumpy level - Water technique - Laser level Establish distances and transfer reduced levels, measuring and recording: - ground levels at respective critical set-out points - heights or levels for building components - heights or levels of ceilings and floors - slab or pad levels for placement of steel columns or masonry piers Determine shooting levels for concrete slabs, excavation or footings.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
3.
Excavation, Formwork, Concrete and Reinforcement: Hand excavating small trenches, place and fix reinforcement materials and formwork for buildings of at least 30 square metres, including stairs and ramps, including; - Preparing substrate - Erecting formwork - Cutting, placing and tying reinforcement - Placing and hand-screeding concrete to required finish Carry out concreting to simple form slabs.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
4.
Scaffolding and working at heights: Erect and dismantle up to 4m of scaffolding with bays and returns, ladder and edge protection. Works safely at heights using fall protection equipment, traversing between anchor points and using restraint techniques.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
5.
Carpentry Materials: Read carpentry plans and prepare detailed list of materials and calculate quantities of each material for; - Wall and roof framing - Internal lining and flooring - External cladding and roofing
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
6.
Flooring: Install bearer and joist systems on supports to carry internal and external walls parallel to joists for at least 30 metres square, including; - Balcony / deck fixings - Deep joists - Install tongue and groove fitted strip floor surface - wet-area floor systems - A sheet platform system for a home or equivalent
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
7.
Wall Frames: Set out, construct and erect timber and steel framed walls to a minimum height of 2.4 metres and floor area of 30 square metres to accommodate roof and ceiling members and different types of cladding or lings, including; - two external load-bearing walls with one window opening and one door opening in each wall - two external straight walls with external intersection - two internal non-load-bearing walls encompassing an internal T junction and an external junction.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
8.
Partitions: Set out, cut and assemble partitions of at least 4.8 metres in length and 1.8 metres in height, including; - An L shape intersection - A T intersection - A window and door panel
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
9.
Ceiling Frames: Set out, construct and erect timber ceiling frame structures for a minimum of three rooms and a minimum of 30 square metres.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
10.
Roof Trusses: Set out and erect timber and steel roof trusses to a minimum of 30 square metres with a major and minor span, including hip end and valleys and gable ends. Install various types of bracing to AS4440.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
11.
Pitched Roofs: Set out, construct and erect: - a skillion roof above 10 degrees for a structure of a minimum 10 square metres - a roof, or a series of roofs, together covering a minimum of 30 square metres, including: - a broken hip and valley - a gable end - a scotch valley setting-out: - a pattern rafter with birdsmouth, creeper reductions and eave over-hang - roof bevels - strutting beams and under purlins as required by span tables in AS 1684
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
12.
Eaves: Cut roof members to line to accommodate plumb fascia and barge and construct; - timber verge gable eaves - timber boxed gable eaves - timber boxed eaves - timber raked eaves - steel fascia with hangers In constructing eaves, include; - apex junction on barge board - a junction between the barge board and the plumb fascia - a junction of the fascia and eave lining at the valley - a junction of the fascia and eave lining at the hip.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
13.
Windows and Doors: Install in wall frames: - standard windows - sliding cavity door units and doors Construct and fit standard external rebated door frames. Fit and hang doors, including door furniture, privacy set and door stops. Fit and hang a pair of doors.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
14.
Timber Stairs: Construct, assemble and install flight of timber external stairs from ground level, including handrails and balustrade to the open side of the flight and landing.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
15.
Exterior Cladding produce set-out rods for a minimum height of 2.1 metre using the effective cover of a weatherboard of a given profile. Install weatherproofing, vapour barriers and flashings. Fix different types of profiled weatherboards to eave height of at least 2.1 metres, incorporating an internal and an external corner with stops, flashings and sarking for a window and a door. Install a minimum of two different types of external cladding panels, incorporating an internal and an external corner, abutting a window or door, and joints between boards determined by the material being used, manufacturers’ recommendations and job specifications. Attach vertical and horizontal cladding to frames.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
16.
Lining, Panelling and Moulding Line continuous walls that include openings with lining boards to a minimum of 3.0 metres by 2.4 metres. Lining continuous walls that include opening with sheet panelling to a minimum of 3.0 metres by 2.4 metres. Fit profiled architraves to a minimum of one door or one window or a combination of both, with specified margins and tight fitting mitre joints cutting and fixing a profiled skirting with a minimum of one internal scribed joint and one external mitre joint with tight fitting joints. Scribing and mitring a Scotia, quad and colonial architrave with a minimum of one internal joint and one external mitre joint with tight fitting joints. Construct raking mould using either an internal scribed or external mitre joint with tight fitting joints.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
17.
Wet Areas Set out and erect timber frame for bath and shower base.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
18.
Bulkheads Construct and install both straight and curved bulkheads in timber or steel measuring a minimum of 2m wide, 300mm heigh and 300mm deep.
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
19.
Demolition Remove ceilings, walls, fixtures and fittings from an external load bearing wall
Weekly
Monthly
Every 3 months
Once or twice a year
Rarely or never
None
20.
If you wish to change the spacings of timber bearers and joists from that indicated on approved plans, you should:
Asked the client for permission
Consult relevant span tables to find substitute material and seek permission from the responsible person i.e. licensed builder, engineer or certifier
You can never under any circumstances deviate from the approved plans
None
21.
How would you anchor timber bearers to brick piers?
This is only required in high wind areas
This is not required as the weight of the proceeding structure will be sufficient to hold the building in place
With the aid of strapping and/or bolts or nominated fixings
None
22.
During sub floor construction, what is the intended purpose of ant caps?
Ant caps prevent termites from entering a timber structure
Ant caps do not stop termites but make their entry to a timber structure more obvious
Ant caps no longer serve any useful purpose.
None
23.
What grade of treated pine is suitable for use as piers that will be cemented into the ground?
H3
H2
H4
None
24.
Where is it suitable to use H2 treated timber?
Can be cemented into the ground provided a suitable preservative is applied to the portion that will sit underground
Cannot be cemented into the ground and can only be used if the material is totally protected from the elements.
Can be used externally and exposed to the weather but cannot be placed into the ground
None
25.
For a timber framed wall, what is the main reason why plywood bracing would be specified instead of diagonal bracing?
Plywood bracing can be used when an insufficient angle can be applied for diagonal bracing to be effective
It is quicker and easier to install than diagonal bracing
It is cheap and readily available
None
26.
During wall frame construction, what is a lintel used for?
A lintel is used over an opening and is its main purpose is provide a fixing point for cladding
A lintel is only ever used in brick and blockwork
A lintel is intended to transfer the load from the top of the opening to the studs positioned at the sides.
None
27.
Noggings in wall frames are primarily installed to assist in the installation of exterior cladding.
False
True
None
28.
The best angle to install speed bracing when fixed to a 2400 high wall is 45 degrees.
False
True
None
29.
Stud ties should be used over every corner stud, over openings and then over every second stud.
True
False
None
30.
Which of the following components are not part of a standard ‘A’ type roof truss?
Bottom chord
Web
Common rafter
None
31.
During what part of construction would a collar tie be used?
Floor frames
Wall frames
Conventional roofing structure
None
32.
A ‘Birdsmouth” join should be cut by how much of a rafter width?
33%
50%
75%
None
33.
What is a fascia?
The finish board or metal to which guttering is fixed
The wall of a house that faces north
The finishing sheeting attached to an eave overhang
None
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