Question 6
- State four clothing rules to be obeyed while working on a carpentry work site.
- (i) Make a neat pictorial sketch of a cross-pein hammer;
- (ii) State one use of the cross-pein hammer.
- State three joinery operations that are performed on a jointer.
Observation
Most candidates were able to:
- state four clothing rules to be obeyed while working on a carpentry site;
- state the use of the cross-pein hammer.
However, some candidates were unable to:
- sketch the cross-pein hammer in pictorial view correctly;
- state three joinery operations that are performed on a jointer.
The expected response to question 6 is as given below:
6. (a) four safety precautions in a building site:
- wear protective apron/overall;
- always wear a hard sole shoes when working around a building site;
- wear helmet to protect your head from falling object;
- wear hand gloves when lifting rough objects;
- wear goggles when dismantling formwork.
(b) i.
Ii. One use of a cross-pein hammer:
Used for driving small nails into wood.
(c) Three operations of a jointer:
- Planning an edge square piece;
- Planning the surface of timber;
- Cutting rebates;
- Planning bevels.