Bachelor in furniture design and manufacture

In brief

The wood­wor­king trai­ning pro­gram offers an indus­try-inte­gra­ted cur­ri­cu­lum that is based on Switz­er­lan­d’s dual voca­tio­nal trai­ning sys­tem and com­bi­nes prac­ti­cal trai­ning with aca­de­mic lear­ning.

Stu­dents gain exper­ti­se in the manu­fac­tu­re of fur­ni­tu­re, inte­ri­ors, cabi­nets, tables and fit­ted kit­chens. This approach ensu­res that gra­dua­tes are well pre­pared and rea­dy for a care­er in wood­wor­king.

Among other things, the fol­lo­wing con­tent is taught during the trai­ning:

Mate­ri­als sci­ence, design, working with modern stan­dard machi­nes, CAD — 3D dra­wing, CNC basics, per­so­nal deve­lo­p­ment and entre­pre­neur­ship.

Goals

  • Wood­wor­king with hand tools and hand-held machi­nes
  • This cour­se pro­vi­des prac­ti­cal trai­ning in wood­wor­king using hand tools and por­ta­ble machi­nes. Gra­dua­tes acqui­re skills in rea­ding tech­ni­cal dra­wings, making wood joints, using machi­nes safe­ly and car­ry­ing out inde­pen­dent wood­wor­king pro­jects.
  • CNC machi­nist in the fur­ni­tu­re indus­try
  • This short cour­se trains par­ti­ci­pan­ts in the ope­ra­ti­on and pro­gramming of CNC machi­nes spe­ci­fi­cal­ly for wood­wor­king. Gra­dua­tes gain prac­ti­cal expe­ri­ence in CNC pro­duc­tion and acqui­re the abili­ty to pro­cess wood pre­cis­e­ly and effi­ci­ent­ly.
  • Fore­man in fur­ni­tu­re pro­duc­tion
  • This short cour­se pro­vi­des expe­ri­en­ced fur­ni­tu­re makers with the tech­ni­cal, busi­ness and lea­der­ship skills to effi­ci­ent­ly mana­ge work­shop ope­ra­ti­ons and lead pro­duc­tion teams. Gra­dua­tes will be able to plan pro­jects, allo­ca­te resour­ces, enforce safe­ty pro­to­cols and super­vi­se teams to ensu­re high qua­li­ty pro­duc­tion in a pro­fes­sio­nal fur­ni­tu­re manu­fac­tu­ring envi­ron­ment.
  • Pro­duct deve­lo­p­ment and design with Auto-CAD
  • This short cour­se pro­vi­des par­ti­ci­pan­ts with basic know­ledge of Auto­CAD for the crea­ti­on of fur­ni­tu­re-spe­ci­fic dra­wings. Par­ti­ci­pan­ts will gain prac­ti­cal expe­ri­ence in the are­as of 2D dra­wing, iso­me­tric dra­wing, 3D mode­ling and pro­duc­tion dra­wings and thus acqui­re know­ledge in fur­ni­tu­re design.
  • Pro­duct deve­lo­p­ment and design with PYTHA
  • This short cour­se tea­ches par­ti­ci­pan­ts how to use Pytha soft­ware to crea­te fur­ni­tu­re-spe­ci­fic dra­wings and pro­vi­des hands-on expe­ri­ence in 3D mode­ling, crea­ting parts lists and crea­ting detail­ed pro­duc­tion dra­wings.

Duration and admission criteria

  • Wood­wor­king with hand tools and hand-held machi­nes
  • Dura­ti­on: 18 days
  • CNC machi­nist in the fur­ni­tu­re indus­try
  • Dura­ti­on: 12 days
  • Fore­man in fur­ni­tu­re pro­duc­tion
  • Dura­ti­on: 12 days
  • Pro­duct deve­lo­p­ment and design with Auto-CAD
  • Dura­ti­on: 12 days
  • Pro­duct deve­lo­p­ment and design with PYTHA
  • Dura­ti­on: 12 days

Degrees

(Ent­ry and exit pos­si­ble after each semes­ter)

  • Cer­ti­fi­ca­te (6 months)
  • Diplo­ma (12 months)
  • Advan­ced diplo­ma (24 months)
  • Bache­lor in fur­ni­tu­re design and manu­fac­tu­re

Career opportunities

Car­pen­try skills are nee­ded in the pri­va­te sec­tor, in indus­try, in con­s­truc­tion and in many other are­as. The car­pen­try trai­ning at BSDU enables stu­dents to car­ry out the work pro­fes­sio­nal­ly, giving them the oppor­tu­ni­ty to gain a foot­hold in a num­ber of are­as. Whe­ther as cabi­net makers, car­pen­ters or desi­gners — all doors are open to our stu­dents. In the future, the­re is the pos­si­bi­li­ty that the pro­fes­si­on will be sup­ple­men­ted with pla­s­tics work.

Infrastructure and equipment

CNC mil­ling machi­ne, CNC dril­ling, edge ben­der, beam saw, stan­dard machi­nes (mil­ling machi­ne, sli­ding table saw, sli­ding table saw, hot press, hori­zon­tal mor­ti­sing machi­ne, band saw, sur­face plan­ner, thic­k­ness plan­ner, mul­ti­bor­ing machi­ne (32mm), wide belt san­der, edge san­der) Hand-held machi­nes (mil­ling machi­ne, jig­saw, cir­cu­lar saw, mit­re saw), oscil­la­ting saw, domi­no join­ting machi­ne, cord­less drill, ham­mer drill, one-hand plan­ner, mobi­le dust extra­c­tor, ran­dom orbi­tal san­der, orbi­tal san­der) dust coll­ec­tion sys­tem, bri­quet­ting press, wood was­te shred­der, for­k­lift, pal­let truck and other infra­struc­tu­re equip­ment.

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