You will develop the skills to create comfortable and eye-catching furniture, products and items using traditional and modern techniques, materials and fabrics. Depending upon your job role, you may:
• construct new frames or components ready for upholstery.
• prepare, repair or revive furniture ready for re-upholstery.
• create loose covers, cushions, trimmings, padded items and finishings.

As a wood machinist you will have a keen eye for detail and create a variety of furniture components using a wide range of machinery.  You could be working in a small workshop or a large factory, and will learn to set up, operate and maintain equipment and machines, such as saws, planers, moulders, lathes, routers, and CNC (computer numerical control)/NC machines.

As a furniture CNC specialist, you will combine an interest in using computers and machines to produce furniture components.  You could work in a small workshop or large factory, and will use CNC (computer numerical control) machines to cut, plane, shape and sand all types of wood and man-made wood components.