VET Wall Framing

Wall Framing in Australia is known as light weight timber construction and is a building technique based around...?

• vertical structural members, called noggins

• vertical structural members, called studs

• Worksafe requirements

• timber from Bunnings

This is known as a....?

• Jamb Stud

• Top Plate

• Secondary Jamb Stud

• Common Stud

This is known as a....?

• Nogging

• Lintel

• Jamb Stud

• Jack Stud

This is know as....?

• Nogging

• Bottom Plate

• Top Plate

• Bracing

The optimum bracing angle is....?

• 10-20 degrees

• 20-45 degrees

• 30-60 degrees

• 45 - 65 degrees

Trimmers are....?

• short horizontal members fixed between window sills and door heads

• door openings

• the person that cuts the wood to size

• a machine to cut the grass around the construction site

When building a wall frame, you should check for 'crowns' in the studs. What does this mean?

• Checking for a bow in the studs and putting the bow face up when making your frame.

• To pre-cut the bottom plate 20mm where your door is going to go.

• To double up the jack studs (depending on the width of a window header).

• Checking for knots in the wood, and not using those pieces for the studs or plates.

Safety signs and barricades must be....?

• Pushed into the corner until the next shift

• removed and stored for later use.

• Thrown away

• left for the boss to deal with

After clean up your should report....

• on the completion of the task

• any problems or difficulties that you experienced

• any damaged or faulty equipment

• All of these answers

The name of this unit is....?

• Walls, walls, walls

• Walls! huh, yeah, What is it good for?

• Construct basic wall frames

• Walling your house