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Kitchens, cabinetry, furniture — if you’ve built a career working timber into finished products, MSF30322 is the trade certificate that reflects it. We help build the RPL case from your work, and one of our partnered training organisations carries out the assessment.
This qualification reflects trade-level skill in manufacturing and installing products made from timber and other materials, including furniture and cabinetry, with specialisation pathways covering Furniture, Kitchens and Bathrooms, Marine Cabinetry, Wood Machining, Coopering and Drafting.
Core skills include tool use, measuring, technical drawing (including computer-aided design), and safe, sustainable work practices. RPL suits cabinetmakers who’ve built their skills on the job rather than in formal training.
Workers with this qualification have tradesperson-level skills in the manufacture and/or installation of products, including furniture and cabinetry, made from timber and other materials.
They have core skills in tool use, measuring, drawing (including computer-aided design), interpreting work documentation, preparing cutting lists, communication, teamwork, and safe and environmentally sustainable work practices. They may have specialised skills in wood machining, cabinet and furniture making, kitchen and bathroom construction and installation, marine cabinetry, coopering or drafting.
Work is in a defined range of skilled operations, usually within a range of broader activities involving established routines, methods and procedures, where some discretion and judgement is required in the selection of equipment, services or contingency measures. Individuals collaborate with others to achieve quality outcomes and take responsibility for their own work. They may have some limited responsibility for the work of others.
You will need to provide a range of evidence to assist your assessor to make a decision about your competence. The types of evidence you may be asked to provide can include:
Once you are qualified, possible roles include:
Percentage of graduates of this course who were satisfied with the training.
Percentage of graduates of this course who started/expanded a business or who have a new job, more highly skilled work, a promotion or higher pay.
The middle of the range of salaries earned by graduates of this course starting their first ever full-time job after graduating.
Manufacturing and installing cabinetry and furniture from timber and other materials, including measuring, drawing and tool use.
Apprentice and experienced cabinetmakers wanting nationally recognised trade status.
Furniture, Kitchens and Bathrooms, Marine Cabinetry, Wood Machining, Coopering, and Drafting.
Qualified cabinetmaker roles across furniture manufacturing, kitchen and bathroom installation, and related construction trades.
Yes, if you’ve genuinely built cabinet making or timber trade experience.
Photos of completed work, job records, employer references, and design or drawing samples where relevant.
Yes — your evidence should reflect the specific area (kitchens and bathrooms versus furniture, for example) you’re seeking recognition in.
