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WAEC WASSCE [SSCE] SYLLABUS FOR CARPENTRY AND JOINERY
EXAMINATION SCHEME
There will be three papers, Papers 1, 2 and 3, all of which must to be taken. Papers 1 and 2 will be a composite paper to be taken at one sitting.
Paper 1: will consist of forty multiple-choice objective questions all of which are to be answered in 45 minutes for 40 marks.
Paper 2: will consist of two sections, Sections A and B to be answered in1 hour 30 minutes for 60 marks.
Section A: will consist of five short-structured questions all of which are to be answered in 30 minutes for 20 marks.
Section B: will consist of three questions. Candidates will be required to answer any two in 1 hour for 40 marks.
Paper 3: will be a practical test of 2 hour duration. It will consist of two questions out of which candidates will be required to answer one for 100 marks.
A list of materials for the test shall be made available to schools not less than two weeks before the paper is taken for material procurement and relevant preparations.
Alternative to practical test
Alternatively, in the event that materials for the actual practical test cannot be acquired, the Council may consider testing theoretically, candidates’ level of acquisition of the practical skills prescribed in the syllabus. For this alternative test, there will be two sets of compulsory questions to be answered in 1½ hours for 100 marks.
DETAILED SYLLABUS
Preliminaries
S/NO. | CONTENT | NOTES |
1 |
Workshop and worksite safety
(a) Workshop Rules and Regulation
(b) First Aid
(c) Worksite Safety |
(iv) Workshop layout.
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2 |
Tools, Machines and Maintenance
(a) Hand Tools
(b) Portable power tools and maintenance
(c) Machines and maintenance |
(vi) Types and uses of machines in carpentry and joinery workshop. |
3 | Materials: types and uses of
(a) Timber;
(b) Adhesives;
(c) Ironmongery. e.t.c |
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(ix) fixing of hinges and locks (specification for ordering nails may be required). | ||
4 | Construction principles and Techniques
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5. |
Finishes and Finishing
(a) Abrasive
(b) Finishes
(c) Finishing |
Abrading tools
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6 | Business Opportunities in Carpentry and Joinery Trade (a) Furniture making
(b) Material supply and merchandising (c) Contract work |
(i) Project work with commercial value e.g. dining table, doors, etc. (ii) Description of a standard small scale workshop (layout/equipment). (iii) Project work involving feasibility study reports. |
LIST OF FACILITIES AND MAJOR EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS REQUIRED:
ITEM NO. | EQUIPMENT | QUANTITY REQUIRED |
1. | Standard Workshop with a good layout and ventilation | 1 |
2. | First aid box | 1 |
3. | Chart showing Safety Practices in Carpentry and Joinery Workshop | 3 |
4. | Complete Tool box | 3 |
5. | Work Bench | 3 |
6. | G Clamp or F Clamp | 10 |
7. | Safety Equipment – Fire extinguisher, Fire bucket | 1 each |
8. | Ratchet Brace or Wheel Brace | 2 |
9. | Hand Vice | 10 |
10. | Bench Vice | 6 |
11. | Rip Saw | 5 |
12. | Panel Saw | 5 |
13. | Crosscut Saw | 5 |
14. | Fret Saw | 3 |
15. | Coping Saw | 2 |
16. | Bow Saw | 2 |
17. | Tenon Saw | 10 |
18. | Dovetail Saw | 5 |
19. | Jack Plane | 5 |
20. | Smooth Plane | 5 |
21. | Plough Plane | 2 |
22. | Rebate Plane | 2 |
23. | Grooving Plane | 2 |
24. | Crow Bar | 2 |
25. | Try Square | 5 |
26. | Mitre Square | 3 |
27. | Sliding Bevel | 3 |
28. | Marking Gauge | 3 |
29. | Mortise Gauge | 3 |
30. | Pincers | 2 |
31. | Tape Rule(Metric) | 2 |
32. | Firmer Chisel | 2 Sets |
33. | Mortise Chisel | 2 Sets |
34. | Carving Chisel | 2 Sets |
35. | Centre bit | 2 Sets |
36. | Twist bit | 2 Sets |
37. | Drill bit | 2 Sets |
38. | Star screw driver | 2 Sets |
39. | Long-nose pliers | 2 |
40. | Combination plier (flat-nose) | 2 |
41. | Flat screw driver | 2 Sets |
42. | Spoke shave | 2 |
43. | Claw Hammer | 2 |
44. | Cross Pein Hammer | 2 |
45. | Ball Pein Hammer | 2 |
46. | Scriber | 2 |
47. | Steel rule | 2 |
48. | Inside caliper | 1 |
49. | Outside caliper | 1 |
50. | Allen key | 1 Set |
LIST OF RECOMMENDED TEXT BOOKS
S/N | TEXT BOOK | AUTHOR |
1 | BRIAN PORTER & CHRISTOPHER TOOKE 3rd Edition (Bks 1,2 and 3) | |
2 | WOOD TRADES (Part 1 and 2) | A.Y.EMARY |
3 | CARPENTRY AND JOINERY (Bks 1 and 2) | DAVID R.BATES |
4 | THE THEORY AND PRACTICAL OF WOODWORK 3rd Edition | GEORGE LOVE |
5 | JOINERY | W.B.MACKAY |
6 | CARPENTRY | W.B.MACKAY |
7 | CARPENTRY AND JOINERY (Bks 1,2 and 3) | R.BAYLISS |
8 | WOODWORK IN THEORY AND PRACTICAL | JOHN A.WARTOR |