Woodworking

Learn to work with wood online to repair or build landscapes and landscape features -garden seats, timber walkways, playgrounds, gazebos, fences or anything else made from wood.

Course Code: SGT3

Fee Code: SG

Duration (approx) Duration (approx) 20 hours

Qualification

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Within Australia
AUD $220.00inc GST

Outside Australia
AUD $200.00

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Delivery Method
   Online
   E-Learning (not available) (USB stick via post)
   Correspondence (not available) (Paper notes via post)

All prices in Australian Dollars.

Learn to work with wood online to repair or build landscapes and landscape features -garden seats, timber walkways, playgrounds, gazebos, fences or anything else made from wood.

Lesson Structure

There are 6 lessons in this course:

1. WORKSHOP, TOOLS, & APPLICATIONS
- Workbench
- Safety
- Tools
- Hand tools
- Other tools & equipment
- Power tools
- Tool storage
- Tool boxes
- Hanging tools on wall
- Woodworking applications
- Review what you have been learning
2. TYPES OF WOOD
- Timbers
- Hardwoods
- Softwoods
- Composites
- Timber veneers
- Recycled wood
- Harvesting from nature
- Dimensions of timber
- Job preparation
- Ordering timber
- Planning
- Review what you have been learning
3. CUTTING & SHAPING
- Measuring before cutting
- Measuring dimensions
- Measuring angles
- Cutting
- Types of saws
- Shaping timber
- Chamfering
- Moulding
- Cutting curves
- Grooves
- Dado
- Rebate
- Routers
- Other shaping tools
- Planes
- Chisels
- Rasps
- Files
- Sanding
- To sand a surface
- Using steel wool
4. JOINERY
- Basic types of joints
- Housing joint
- Mitre joint
- Butt joint
- Mortise and tenon joint
- Dovetail joint
- Preparing a mortise and tenon joint
- Reinforcing joints
- Dowels
- Nails
- Wood screws
- Glues
- Review what you have been learning
5. CARVING & WOODTURNING
- Carving
- Tools for carving
- Timbers for carving
- Carving techniques
- Whittling
- Chip carving
- Carving sculptures
- Relief carving
- Woodturning
- Tools for woodturning
- Machinery for woodturning
- Woodturning techniques
- Preparing the workpiece
- How to do woodturning
- Making safe cuts
- Types of cut
- Review what you have been learning
6. FINISHING
- Preparing for finishing
- Wood filler
- Sanding
- Cleaning
- Finishing techniques
- Polishing
- Painting
- Varnishing
- Applying varnish over paint
- Staining
- Review what you have been learning
- Final assessment

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I have found the course to be interesting and challenging, with great learning materials that really make you research the industry and get involved. It has been a great way to study because it has allowed me to work in the industry and study at the same time. I have found the online resources to be fantastic, the tutors feedback constructive and the fact that assignments can be submitted online makes the process so easy. 

- Tom Wood