Secure furniture components in location

This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to secure furniture components in location.

This involves:

1. interpreting information
2. site safety and awareness
3. selecting materials, components and equipment
4. preparing and installing proprietary and/or purpose made furniture components for domestic, commercial, industrial and public environments
5. working on new, alteration or refurbishment contracts
6. working in ways that ensure your own and others' safety

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1. comply with relevant legislation and official guidance to carry out work
2. maintain safe areas of work for yourself and customers/members of the public or workers
3. follow safe and effective working practices at all times in line with current health and safety legislation
4. confirm locations are ready and preparations have been completed following standard operating procedures
5. assess any unforeseen features of locations and identify how these affect placements following standard operating procedures
6. mark out locations following standard operating procedures
7. adjust components to provide best possible fit to locations following standard operating procedures
8. select components as specified and confirm quality meets company standards
9. deal with problems and faults during the placement following standard operating procedures
10. minimise risk of damage to components/workpieces and surrounding areas following standard operating procedures
11. maintain effective communication with supporting personnel and customers
12. cut, shape, trim and scribe components to specification following standard operating procedures
13. fit components in sequence following standard operating procedures
14. adjust components to ensure joins and alignments between components, furniture and surrounds are to required tolerances
15. level and secure components in location following standard operating procedures
16. check decorative features are aligned to specification following standard operating procedures
17. finish components to specification following standard operating procedures
18. make good faults within limits of responsibility following standard operating procedures
19. complete work within required time following standard operating procedures
20. reinstate locations with supporting personnel/customer following standard operating procedures
21. complete required documentation following standard operating procedures

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1. standard operating procedures and how to apply these
2. how to interpret work plans or specifications including drawings
3. relevant health and safety / risks associated with installation of components
4. why it is important to prepare and protect work areas
5. procedures to follow to confirm preparations are complete
6. features of assembles affected by locations
7. how to mark out and scribe uneven surfaces whilst maintaining level, plumb or alignment of components
8. how to determine required angle cuts at locations
9. how to mark out for joints between components
10. fixings used to secure placement of components
11. handling characteristics of components and how these affect the assembly and fitting of components in location
12. problems that occur and how to deal with them
13. how to check completed work against specifications or drawings or plans
14. working components and how these affect the assembly and fitting of components in location
15. fixing sequencing of components in location
16. fixings for securing components in location
17. how to adjust alignment and movement of components
18. how to measure alignment in three dimensions
19. personal responsibilities towards health and safety when at location with regard to Health and Safety legislation
20. how to provide information clearly to customers, type of information customers require, and why it could be important to them
21. timescales specified for work
22. documentation required
23. how to dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation

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​Customer

The customer for furniture that is assembled in location may be an individual or an organisation in a domestic or commercial setting.

Components

Components will differ according to the type of furniture installation, but can include:

1. structural/framework components such as hanging rails, support legs, mirrors, plinths, cornice
2. internal components such as floor and wall units, lockers, benches, beds
3. fascia components
4. shutters and blinds

Location
The location is any interior used for domestic, commercial, industrial and public purposes. The location could require components to be fitted to the following situations:

1. an internal, true right angle
2. an external, true right angle
3. an external angle other than a true right angle
4. an internal angle other than a right angle (obtuse, such as splays)
5. an internal 'right angle' corner which is not true and accurate and which requires adjustments to be made to components in order overcome the discrepancy
6. internal or external curves
7. a background surface requiring further preparation
8. floor, wall or ceiling surfaces that are not flat, level or plumb and which require scribing of the component to the surface

Problems and faults              
Problems and faults may occur with any aspect of the materials, tools, equipment, components, services, appliances or the location.

Solving them may require direct action by the individual carrying out the work, reference to an authority within the organisation and/or action by the customer, or some combination of all three.

Materials
Typical materials within furniture assembly in location would include:

1. finishes (stains, sealers, filler, silicone)
2. adhesives
3. fixings (screws, nails, drawer runners, hinges, handles)
4. bolts and expandable fixings
5. trims
6. basic hardware and mechanisms

Materials could include those displaying the following properties:

1. fragile
2. repaired
3. heavy

Information / Specification
The specification for the assembly and placement of furniture will have been agreed between the organisation and the customer. It may be written and/or involve drawings and work lists. It will typically detail:

1. the exact location within the customer's property where the furniture is to be placed
2. the dimensions, construction and finishing of the furniture
3. resource requirements
4. time schedule
5. Health and safety issues

Work Skills
Typical work skills would include measuring, marking, cutting, trimming, levelling and fixing, aligning and scribing
Joints
Joints may be traditional or modern and could include the following: biscuit, mitre, scribe, splice, dovetail, handrail bolts, specialist fixings. Visible gaps are unlikely to exceed 0.5mm.
Placement
The final positioning and fixing of the components

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31 Mar 2020

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Proskills

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PROFFI243

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Carpenter and Joiner, Furniture Makers and Other Craft Woodworkers, Paper and Wood Machine Operatives

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5135; 5442; 8121

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Kitchen; bedroom; bathroom; office; install; fit;

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