Skill Descriptor: Identify careers in the Cabinet Making industry and explore education requirements.

Global Competencies: SASM, CM, CL

Achievement Indicators:

• Identify and contribute personal strengths as part of a team to completing a mill and cabinet project.
• Demonstrate effective communication with peers, clients, employers, co-workers.
• List future career or post secondary opportunities in the cabinet making industry.
• Create pathways to future opportunities in skilled trades and/or cabinet making industry.
• Describe technical training, mentorship and/or apprenticeship programmes required to enter into a career in the cabinet making industry.

Skill Descriptor: Describe the ethical and legal responsibilities of employment in the cabinet making industry.

Global Competencies: SASM, CM, CL

Achievement Indicators:

• Interpret contractual documents to determine requirements and obligations for different types of roles.
• List possible liabilities in contractual documents
• Determine potential solutions to address legal liabilities.
• Describe ethical and professional responsibilities of mill and cabinet careers.
• Demonstrate ethical and professional behaviours appropriate to worksites.
• Discuss inclusionary practices for employees and employers.

Skill Descriptor: Identify and prevent hazards that could lead to injury, mental and physical illness, and fatalities at work or in their workspace.

Global Competencies: SASM, SGC, CM, CL, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Describe potential hazards and employ proper safety procedures in the workplace.
• Locate first-aid supplies and determine when first aid is required and when hospitalization is required.
• Locate and engage the emergency action plan in the workplace.
• Demonstrate responsible behaviour to prevent accidents in personal workspace.
• Utilize safety training to address workplace hazards and conditions when applicable.
• Utilize procedures and equipment to complete projects and work in a safe manner.
• Earn certification and apply understanding of Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) symbols.

Skill Descriptor: Sustainably source and use a variety of woods to create functional and environmentally sustainable objects

Global Competencies: ICE, SGC, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Identify types of hardwoods (Deciduous) and describe their properties
• Identify types of softwoods (Coniferous) and describe their properties
• Determine the most sustainable use when selecting and cutting wood.
• List wood species native to the local region for use in projects
• Evaluate and true stock to specified dimensions for use in projects.
• List applications for a variety of exotic woods related to the properties and function of the object.
• Describe the environmental impact of using exotic woods and develop adaptive processes to minimize the impact.
• Engaging with sustainable practices for material sourcing.

Skill Descriptor: Select and use value added products and processes made and used in the mill and cabinet industry.

Global Competencies: ICE, SGC, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Differentiate between composites and natural materials.
• Select the optimal materials (composite or natural) to complete a mill and cabinet project sustainably.
• Construct mill and cabinet projects using processed materials.
• List the advantages and disadvantages of using sheet materials in mill and cabinet projects.
• Determine when to use veneer or edge banding to reduce waste and carbon footprint of a mill and cabinet project.

Skill Descriptor: Engage with a variety of mechanical fasteners and adhesives to determine the optimal application in the cabinetmaking trade.

Global Competencies: ICE, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Demonstrate the safe and correct installation of a fastener.
• identify and use the correct fastener for a given project.
• Identify and determine the size, gage and length of fasteners and matching tool to complete mill and cabinet project.
• Select the correct adhesive for the project based on its properties and intended use of the object.

Skill Descriptor: Engage with practice and application of common methods of joinery in traditional and modern cabinetmaking

Global Competencies: ICE, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Research historical and cultural processes used in cabinet making.
• Determine the optimal joinery technique for a project based on personal skill, client demands, minimizing waste and intended use of object.
• Read a design document and create an object with the specified joinery.
• Select the correct materials for a joinery technique.
• Determine and safely use the best tool for a chosen joinery

Skill Descriptor: Develop and practice a variety of finishing techniques for the creation of environmentally sustainable products

Global Competencies: ICE, SGC, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Investigate historical and cultural uses of finish.
• Demonstrate appropriate use of sanding and planning tools, and processes to get the desired finish for my project.
• Demonstrate safe use of various finishing products and procedures to construct a satisfactory product for a client.
• Demonstrate proper handing use, disposal and storage of chemical finishes.
• Describe potential safety and environmental hazards when using finishes.
• Demonstrate environmentally conscious decision-making when selecting more sustainable product finishes.

Skill Descriptor: Create drawings, drafts and plans for constructing mill and cabinet products

Global Competencies: ICE, SASM, SGC, CM, CL, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Design and draft a plan for a mill and cabinet project.
• Develop a materials list that others can use to construct and budget for a project.
• Produce a quality product from working drawings, drafts and client specifications.
• Create and construct products from models.
• Apply scale from drawing plans to actual products.
• Convert from imperial to metric units, and vice-versa, while working with designs and projects.

Skill Descriptor: Construct a quality final product in the mill and cabinet industry.

Global Competencies: SASM, CM, CL, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Construct a product using standard units of measurement and estimation skills in both metric and imperial units
• Determine and calculate the quantitiy of materials required to construct a product.
• Justify your system of measurement appropriate to your project.
• Use measurement tools safety and appropriately to cabinetry to complete a project to client satisfaction.
• Apply most appropriate math algorithms (formulas) to estimate material quantities in metric/imperial units and approximate costs of required materials.
• Justify the most appropriate tool to complete a project with the best outcomes for the constraints.
• Safely and properly store and maintain tools.
• Calibrate tools while constructing a project.