Carpentry And Joinery (Paper 2) WASSCE (SC), 2017

Question 1

 

list two activities a carpenter should perform to keep the workshop clean.

Observation

Most candidates were able to list two activities a carpenter should perform to keep the workshop clean.

However, few of them could not answer the question:
The expected response to question 1 is as given below:

  1 (a)   Activities to keep the workshop clean include:
-    Sweep off the saw dust and wood shavings from the floor and dispose
immediately after work;

  • clean the machines immediately after work;
  • pick-up waste pieces of wood on the floor and put them in the waste box;
  • keep the projects in their proper places;
  • keep tools properly arranged on the bench;
  • wipe off oil on the floor;
  • clean the wall surfaces of cobwebs and saw dust.

                                     
(b) Purpose of wearing goggles:
-   To protect the eyes from wood dust
-   To protect the eyes from wood chip
-   To protect the eyes when grinding