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Advanced Certificate: Furniture with Product Design

This course is for those with an interest in designing and making furniture and products, learning more about traditional skills to become a craftsmen blended with innovative techniques and experimentation of scale to create functional pieces of furniture for everyday use.

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Level:

SCQF Level 6

Duration:

1 year
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Who is this course for?

Whether you are a school leaver or are looking to gain more knowledge, this course will introduce you to the many layers of skill involved in creating furniture.

What skills will I learn?

You will learn and develop practical woodworking skills, research skills, design history and model making. You will learn and improve your knowledge of softwoods, hardwoods, timber staining/finishing and modern upholstery. You will develop your skills by maintaining and using hand tools tools, as part of your workshop projects. You will develop safe working practices on how to use woodworking machines. The course is heavily inspired by STEM subjects.

What will I study?

You will learn a variety of skills that will allow you to understand furniture, research concepts and develop suitable solutions to a design brief. Hand skills will mainly be used in block 1 focussing on drawing and creating using skills to master hand methods. In block 2 this will develop modern techniques such as CAD, machine skills and use innovative and sustainable materials to develop a personal style.

Application Information

What further study options are available?

HNC 3D Design - Furniture with Product Design level 7HNC 3D Design - Interior Design level 7

What career opportunities are there?

Apprentice/traineeCabinet makerUpholstererPolisher/finisherIndependent contemporary artist