Certificate III in Cabinet Making

This is an apprenticeship course, designed for those currently employed as cabinet-making apprentices. It will provide you with the formal trade certificate you need, to become a fully qualified cabinet maker. You'll be prepared to work in furniture making and the installation and manufacture of fitted furniture in kitchens and bathrooms.

Through classroom learning and work-based tasks, you'll gain skills and knowledge to complement your on-the-job training. We provide a strong partnership between you, your employer and our teaching staff that will ensure you know how to:

• use hand and power tools
• apply surface coatings using a spray gun
• produce manual and computer-aided drawings
• estimate and cost a job.

You'll graduate with the skills, confidence and experience to be job-ready.

Building and construction is one of the largest industries for employment within Australia. A trade certificate from Victoria University Polytechnic can help you get your foot in the door.

Furniture making and cabinet making requires technical, organisational and craftsmanship skills. Upon completion of this course, you'll be a fully qualified cabinet maker, ready to work building free-standing furniture or in-built cabinets. You could also work manufacturing and installing cabinets in kitchen, bathrooms and other spaces.

Graduates of this course find employment in domestic or commercial projects across various industries, including manufacturing, construction and retail trade.

Example job titles include:

• cabinet maker
• bespoke furniture maker
• residential furniture maker
• commercial furniture maker
• assistant furniture/kitchen maker
• furniture supervisor/foreperson.

Trades students from Victoria University Polytechnic are consistently recognised for industry awards and in skills competitions such as WorldSkills.

The new purpose-built Construction building located at the Sunshine Campus is a state-of-the-art training facility built to meet the new and emerging requirements of the industry.

VU trades' students are consistently recognised for industry awards and competitions such as WorldSkills.

The course structure comprises the following core and elective units. These electives have been selected based on industry needs, graduate pathways and/or student and teacher feedback.

To be awarded the MSF31113 Certificate III in Cabinet Making generic qualification, competency must be achieved in twenty-eight (28) units of competency, comprising of

• six (6) core units, and;
• twenty-two (22) elective units from Groups A to F as selected from the list below.

One (1) unit from Group A
a minimum of eight (8) units in any combination from Groups B, C or D
a minimum of eight (8) units from Group E

Elective units must be relevant to the work environment and the qualification, maintain the integrity of the AQF alignment and contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome.

Students have the opportunity to select elective units designed for a furniture and/or a kitchen and bathroom focus.

Use our credit calculator to find out how much credit you could get towards your course, based on your previous study.

You may be able to complete your qualification sooner through formal recognition of your existing skills. This is known as Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

To receive RPL, we assess your previous work, education and life experiences against recognised qualifications. Applications for RPL can be made prior to enrolling.

Call us on 1300 TAFE VP (1300 823 387) to discuss RPL options with the course manager.

Before starting your application, please read through the step-by-step VU Polytechnic application process to make sure you have all the necessary documents and information ready to successfully complete your application.

Before applying, you should consider whether you also want to apply for:

• Credit transfer/Recognition of prior learning (RPL): If you have significant experience or studies elsewhere you may be eligible for credit for some units of your course and not have to undertake them.