Question 1
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State two safety precautions to be taken when planning a piece of timber on the
work bench.
Observation
Most candidates were able to state two safety precautions to be taken when planning a piece of timber on the work bench.
However, few of them failed to answer the question:
The expected response to question 1 is as given below:
. 1. Two safety precautions to be taken when planning a piece of timber on the work bench:
(i) use the right plane for right operation;
(ii) make sure the job is firmly secured;
(iii) make sure the bench stop is firmly fixed;
(iv) make sure that the plane cutter is sharp;
(v) put the plane on the bench well when not in use.
(vi) the surface of the work piece must be higher than the surface of the bench stop;