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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer PIABC Ltd has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and PIABC Ltd awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from PIABC Ltd.
The PIABC Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Furniture and Wood Processing focuses on CNC machining operations. It is designed for individuals working in the furniture and wood processing industry. Learners develop practical skills in setting and operating CNC woodworking machines, as well as maintaining tooling.
These are the units PIABC Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with PIABC Ltd. It does the teaching and the mapping. PIABC Ltd sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Apply edge treatment finishes to wood and wood based furniture and related products Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to apply edge treatment finishes to wood and wood based furniture and related products, ensuring the work area is clean and organised
- Prepare to apply edge treatment finishes to wood and wood based furniture and related products, including selecting the appropriate materials and equipment
- Apply edge treatment finishes to wood and wood based furniture and related products, achieving a high-quality finish
- Apply edge treatment finishes to wood and wood based furniture and related products, including understanding different application techniques and finishing methods
Applying total productive maintenance Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply total productive maintenance (TPM) principles and techniques in a practical setting.
- Apply total productive maintenance (TPM) methodologies to improve equipment reliability and efficiency.
Contribute to sustainable business practice Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to sustainable business practice by implementing environmentally friendly procedures and reducing waste.
- Understand how to contribute to sustainable business practice, including waste reduction, energy conservation and responsible sourcing of materials.
Contribute to the effectiveness of work in a commercial setting Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan and organise own work tasks within a commercial setting.
- Plan and organise their work effectively to meet required deadlines and standards.
- Work effectively with other team members to achieve common goals.
- Work effectively with others, understanding roles and responsibilities within a team.
- Contribute to problem solving and improvements within the workplace.
- Contribute to problem solving and improvement initiatives, offering suggestions and support.
Contributing to the application of continuous improvement techniques - Kaizen Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the application of continuous improvement techniques (Kaizen) within the workplace
- Contribute to the application of continuous improvement techniques (Kaizen), including identifying areas for improvement and suggesting solutions
- Participate in Kaizen activities, such as brainstorming sessions and problem-solving exercises
Make sure your actions reduce risks to health and safety within your workplace Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the hazards and evaluate the risks in your workplace, using appropriate risk assessment techniques.
- Identify the hazards and evaluate the risks in your workplace, understanding the potential consequences of each risk.
- Reduce the risks to health and safety in your workplace, implementing control measures and safe working practices.
- Reduce the risks to health and safety in your workplace, understanding the hierarchy of control measures and their effectiveness.
Manufacture routine wood products Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Manufacture routine wood products to specified standards and tolerances.
- Understand how to manufacture routine wood products, including the selection of appropriate materials, tools, and techniques.
Mark out from setting out details for routine wood products Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Mark out wood products accurately from setting out details, adhering to specified dimensions and tolerances.
- Understand the principles and techniques of marking out wood products from setting out details.
- Understand the importance of accuracy when marking out.
Mechatronics systems principles and fault finding Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the principles of the ‘Total Engineering Approach’ to production systems
- Apply the principles of typical sensors
- Apply the principles of pneumatic actuation systems
- Apply the principles of hydraulic actuation systems
- Apply the principles of mechanical actuation systems
- Apply the principles of electrical actuation systems
- Apply the principles of embedded control
- Carry out fault finding on pneumatic actuation systems
- Carry out fault finding on hydraulic actuation systems
- Carry out fault finding on mechanical actuation systems
- Carry out fault finding on electrical actuation systems
Operate computer numerically controlled machinery and equipment Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to operate CNC machinery and equipment, following established procedures and safety guidelines
- Prepare to operate CNC machinery and equipment, including pre-start checks and safety precautions
- Operate CNC machinery and equipment to produce components according to specifications
- Operate CNC machinery and equipment, including understanding the control panel functions and programming basics
Prepare tools and equipment for wood processing Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare tools and equipment for wood processing activities, ensuring they are in safe and working order
- Prepare tools and equipment for wood processing activities, in accordance with health and safety regulations
- Know the correct procedures for setting up and adjusting tools and equipment for specific wood processing tasks
Principles of mechanical manufacturing engineering Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to determine the alignment of machine tools using appropriate techniques and equipment.
- Differentiate between various methods of power transmission in machine tools, including their advantages and disadvantages.
- Understand how to evaluate the application of CNC technology to machine tools, considering factors such as efficiency and cost.
- Understand the maintenance requirements of machine tool systems, including preventative and reactive maintenance procedures.
Problem solving and fault diagnosis in furniture processing Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Diagnose problems and faults in furniture processing equipment and products.
- Evaluate the nature and extent of problems and faults in furniture processing equipment and products.
- Understand the methods used to diagnose problems and faults in furniture processing.
- Understand the evaluation process for identifying the severity of problems and faults.
- Carry out problem solving activities related to furniture processing equipment and products.
- Understand the processes involved in effective problem solving activities.
- Identify potential solutions to problems and faults in furniture processing equipment and products.
- Solve identified problems and rectify faults in furniture processing equipment and products.
- Understand how to identify appropriate solutions to problems and faults.
Produce and maintain woodmachining tooling for furniture and related products Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Produce woodmachining tooling for furniture and related products
- Maintain woodmachining tooling for furniture and related products
- Describe how to produce woodmachining tooling for furniture and related products
- Describe how to maintain woodmachining tooling for furniture and related products
Properties and Applications of Engineering Materials Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the structure and classification of engineering materials, including metals, polymers, ceramics and composites.
- Know the material properties of engineering materials, including strength, hardness, elasticity and ductility.
- Know the effects of processing techniques, such as heat treatment and machining, on the structure and behaviour of engineering materials.
- Use information sources, such as material data sheets and online databases, to select appropriate materials for specific engineering applications.
- Test engineering materials using appropriate methods to determine their properties and suitability for specific applications.
Provide advice and guidance on the selection and application of wood and wood based materials Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Provide information on the selection and application of wood and wood based materials, ensuring the information is accurate and relevant
- Understand the factors influencing the selection of wood and wood based materials for specific applications
- Understand the properties and characteristics of different types of wood and wood based materials
Set and operate CNC woodworking machines Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Set CNC/NC woodworking machines
- Describe how to set and prepare tooling for CNC/NC woodworking machines
- Prepare tooling for CNC/NC woodworking machines
- Describe how to operate CNC-NC woodworking machines
- Operate CNC-NC woodworking machines
Wood machinery and equipment maintenance Real unit · PIABC Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain wood machinery and equipment according to manufacturer's instructions and safety guidelines.
- Understand the procedures for maintaining wood machinery and equipment.
- Understand the importance of regular maintenance for wood machinery and equipment.
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Advise on Selection and Application of Wood or Wood-Based Materials
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Apply continuous improvement techniques in the workplace
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Apply edge treatment finishes
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Apply edge treatment finishes
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Contribute to Resource Efficiency
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Machinery and Equipment Maintenance
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Maintain machinery, tools or equipment for wood fuel production
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Maintain wood machinery and equipment
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Maintenance planning in tooling technology
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Manufacture Routine Wood Components
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Manufacture complex wood components
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Measure and mark out materials
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Produce Edge Treatment Finishes to Wood and Wood-Based Products
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Producing furniture and structural components for leisure vehicles
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Provide advice and guidance on materials used
- Standard
Resolve woodmachining problems
- Standard
Select, prepare and maintain wood machining tooling
- Standard
Setting CNC Wood Routing and Sawing Machines for Production
The credits, and who awards them
Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by PIABC Ltd rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Apply edge treatment finishes to wood and wood based furniture and related productsApplying total productive maintenanceContribute to sustainable business practiceContribute to the effectiveness of work in a commercial settingContributing to the application of continuous improvement techniques - KaizenMake sure your actions reduce risks to health and safety within your workplaceManufacture routine wood productsMark out from setting out details for routine wood products
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Navigator · your what-if tutor Illustration - Bring your own plan Create
For “Contributing to the application of continuous improvement techniques - Kaizen” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Mechatronics systems principles and fault finding” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Advise on Selection and Application of Wood or Wood-Based Materials
- Apply continuous improvement techniques in the workplace
- Apply edge treatment finishes
- Contribute to Resource Efficiency
- Machinery and Equipment Maintenance
- Maintain machinery, tools or equipment for wood fuel production
- Maintain wood machinery and equipment
- Maintenance planning in tooling technology
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Apply edge treatment finishes to wood and wood based furniture and related products, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
This unit enables learners to prepare and apply edge treatment finishes to wood and wood-based furniture and related products. Learners will gain knowledge of work area preparation, hazard mitigation, and the selection and application of appropriate materials and equipment.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for PIABC Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Furniture and Wood Processing - CNC Machining
18 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by PIABC Ltd.
- Apply edge treatment finishes to wood and wood based furniture and related products
- Applying total productive maintenance
- Contribute to sustainable business practice
- Contribute to the effectiveness of work in a commercial setting
- Contributing to the application of continuous improvement techniques - Kaizen
- Make sure your actions reduce risks to health and safety within your workplace
and 12 more in the full unit list below.
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