Quality assure and co-ordinate furniture placements
URN: PROFFI22
Business Sectors (Suites): Fitted Furniture Installation
Developed by: Proskills
Approved on:
01 Nov 2015
Overview
This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to co-ordinate and assure the quality of furniture placements and installations.
This involves:
- interpreting information
- co-ordinating furniture placements and installations
- confirming quality
- maintaining customer liaison
- working in ways that ensure your own and others' safety
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- comply with health and safety requirements and procedures at all times
- obtain specifications and requirements for placements following standard operating procedures
- obtain equipment and materials required to carry out the job following standard operating procedures
- check equipment is set up and in good working order following standard operating procedures and manufacturer's instructions
- check materials required are to specification and free from faults
- confirm work areas are ready for placements and preparations have been completed
- inform and co-ordinate mains service providers following standard operating procedures
- check required components and materials are at specified locations
- pre-assess any unforeseen features of assemblies which may affect how placements can be achieved safely
- check placements are proceeding as required in specifications
- deal safely and effectively with any problems that may occur during placement
- maintain effective communication with customers following standard operating procedures
- specify outcome qualities which need to be met
- monitor furniture placements following standard operating procedures
- confirm quality standards have been met on completion of installation
- complete work within required time following standard operating procedures
- complete required documentation following standard operating procedures
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
- standard operating procedures and how to apply these
- relevant health and safety responsibilities
- meaning of terms used in specifications
- how to check equipment is set up and is in good working order
- how to check materials and the common faults that can occur
- how to interpret work specifications including drawings
- why it is important to complete preparations
- how and when it is necessary to inform mains service providers
- features of assemblies affected by location of placement
- why it is important to check all material and components are at location
- problems that can occur and how they would be dealt with
- ways to co-ordinate furniture placements
- why it is important to prepare work areas
- how to provide information clearly to customers, type of information customers require and why it could be important to them
- methods of monitoring installations and how to apply them
- how to check completed work against specifications or drawings and the importance of this
- faults that occur and how to deal with them
- methods used to confirm quality of furniture placements
Scope/range
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Links To Other NOS
External Links
Version Number
3
Indicative Review Date
31 Mar 2020
Validity
Current
Status
Original
Originating Organisation
Proskills
Original URN
PROFM40
Relevant Occupations
Carpenter and Joiner, Furniture Makers and Other Craft Woodworkers, Paper and Wood Machine Operatives
SOC Code
5315; 5442; 8121
Keywords
Kitchen; bedroom; bathroom; quality; standards; monitor; customer;