Carpentry and Joinery

Carpentry and Joinery Course, or Carpentry for short plays an integral role in the construction and fabrication industry. It is well suited for those who are good with their hands, enjoy using tools, and appreciate the feeling of pride in doing a good job. The Carpentry course in NDAS is designed to introduce apprentices to carpentry work within the shipbuilding industry. It focuses on using hand tools, portable power tools, and machines to master the art of creating woodwork. It further identifies categories of components, materials, timber processing, and their applications in the industry. In line with the curriculum of the School, the apprentices constantly embark on practical visits to the Naval Dockyard Limited, ships, and other relevant engineering organizations in Lagos areas.

In line with the curriculum of the School, the apprentices constantly engaged in practical work, visits to NDL, ships, and other relevant engineering organisations in Lagos areas. The Course’s outline for Carpentry and Joinery is highlighted as follows:

a. Carpentry Practical:

 Introduction to Carpentry and Joinery.

 Definition of terms.

 Measurement and precision rules

 Stack, Kilning and identification of woods(hard, semi hard and

soft).

 Using hand tools to achieve designs and joints.

 How to calculate the actual parameters of a product from a

pictorial view.

 Colour tilting and spraying.

 Clouding and panelling of walls with High-Density Fibreboard

(HDF) and 100% wood.

 Basic upholstery in sofa and bedding.

 Showroom and quality finish space utilization.

b. Wood Processing

 Definition of wood processing.

 Wood pulping and chipping.

 Prefabrication of wood.

 Structure of wood.

 Chemical composition of wood.

 Characteristics of wood.

 Sawmilling.

 

 Water in wood.

 Drying of wood.

 Wood preservation.

 Types of wood.

 Wood storage.

 Timber conservation.

 Common wood-destroying agents.

 Products of wood processing.

 Manufacture of board or engineered wood.