Elements and Performance Criteria
- Confirm the design requirements
- Applicable work health and safety (WHS), legislative and organisational requirements and instructions relevant to the hand carving of wood are verified and complied with
- Product design requirements are accessed and confirmed as being feasible
- Product design requirements are elaborated on as required and documented to enterprise requirements
- Select and prepare the wood to be hand carved
- The design requirements in terms of product specification and product usage are analysed and confirmed
- Wood species to satisfy the product specifications are identified
- Wood for carving is selected from a detailed analysis and comparison of the product specification and the characteristics, properties and costs of the available wood species
- Selected wood is prepared for hand carving
- Select carving tools
- Carving tools selected are the most appropriate for the job
- Selected carving tools are checked for serviceability, sharpness, maintenance compliance and safety
- Faults are rectified or passed to qualified persons for rectification
- Equipment is selected to hold or support material for hand tools application, where applicable
- Carve the wood
- Method and style of wood carving are selected to meet the design requirements and the selected wood
- Carving patterns are applied to and enfaced on the wood to guide the carving and optimise the use of the wood
- Carving tools are applied initially to bulk clearances which confirm the wood grain selection and the appropriateness of the tools
- Carving tools are applied to the precision requirements of the product design
- Finalise the work sequence