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Scenario · Cabinet Making and Joinery

Fabricate the Lot 14 kitchen carcasses

You are a second year cabinet making apprentice in the cabinet factory.

Intermediate4 to 6 hours7 tasks
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The situation

What has happened

Merriwa Homes has a kitchen due for installation at Lot 14 Clyde North on Monday 22 September. The job pack for JO-26-1042 holds the approved drawings at revision C, a hardware schedule and the customer's colour selections. The white melamine board is in stock but the supervisor has not yet issued a cutting list for the base and overhead carcasses. The beam saw, edge bander and assembly benches are available on Thursday. The panel saw had a kickback near miss last week and the supervisor wants to see push sticks used on every narrow rip. The units must be on the dispatch rack by Friday afternoon so Crew 1 can load on Monday morning.

Your brief. Prepare an accurate cutting list from the drawings, requisition the board and hardware, cut, edge and assemble the base and overhead carcasses to the drawing tolerances, complete all machine pre-start checks, inspect your work against the department checklist and update the job order.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Completed cutting list checked by the supervisor
  • Completed materials requisition form
  • Machine pre-start check records
  • Inspection notes with measurements for each carcass
  • Updated job order record

Documents to use

Systems to use

Job Order Register

Tracks every job from confirmed order through production, dispatch and installation to handover, with the job pack details and current status.

Plant and Machinery Register

Lists every machine, lifting device and vehicle with its risk assessment date, service schedule, status and authorised operators.

Materials and Stock Register

Holds the stock on hand of board, timber, hardware, foam, fabric, glass and consumables, with minimum levels, locations and reorder status.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Furnishing Training Package as at 10 September 2026.

MSFFM3042Fabricate cabinetry
MSFFM3031Prepare cutting lists from design and production documentation
MSFFM3038Set up, operate and maintain automated edge banding machines
MSFFM3032Set up, operate and maintain sawing machines
MSFGN3005Read and interpret work documents

Qualifications

MSF30322Certificate III in Cabinet Making and Timber Technology
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Look for a cutting list that reconciles to the drawings with correct allowances for edging and joints, evidence that pre-start checks were done before each machine was started, safe use of push sticks and extraction, and carcasses that measure square within tolerance. The job order update must reflect what was actually completed.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.