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Code 5642
DiplomaDVS
SectorWoodworking and Furniture Making (05)
Number of credits60
Length of training900 hours
StatusProgram approved in 1994.
Educational organizations offering the program
Note(s)
This program is offered in French: 
5142 - Finition de meubles
  • Objectives and targeted professions
  • Admission conditions
  • Program content

Program objectives

To enable the students to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to design finishing systems, to place finishing on old and new furnitures, touching up, alterations, preparing special finishes, restoring furnitures and managing their own company.

Targeted professions (find out more about a trade or an occupation on Québec.ca)

Furniture finishers and refinishers (9534)

Job titles

furniture finisher

Admission conditions

To be eligible for admission to this program, candidates must meet one of the following requirements:

Persons holding a Secondary School Diploma or its recognized equivalent, for example, an Attestation of Equivalence of Secondary V studies, or a postsecondary diploma such as the Diploma of College Studies or a Bachelor's degree
OR
Persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their training is to begin and have earned the Secondary IV credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister, or have been granted recognition for equivalent learning
OR
Persons who are at least 18 years of age upon entry into the program and have the following functional prerequisites: the successful completion of the General Development Test (see the following table), or recognition of equivalent learning
OR
Persons who have obtained Secondary III credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in programs established by the Minister are required to pursue general education courses, concurrently with their vocational training, in order to obtain the Secondary IV credits they lack in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in programs established by the Minister.

Functional prerequisites

This section identifies the modules or course codes for the actual programs of study in adult general education that are specific prerequisites in language of instruction and mathematics. Functional prerequisites includes the successful completion of specific prerequisites as well as the general development test (TDG). When a DVS doesn't require specific prerequisites in language of instruction or in mathematics, a dash ( - ) is displayed in the appropriate cell. For programs that lead to an AVS, specific prerequisites and the TDG do not apply (N/A).

Specific prerequisites
Language of instructionSecond languageMathematics
AdultsYouthAdultsYouthAdultsYouth
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Program content

Code Statement of competency Hours Credits
760-111 Determine their suitability for the trade and the training process 15 1
760-121 Apply occupational health and safety rules 15 1
760-132 Apply concepts of colour theory 15 1
760-143 Apply concepts related to finishing products 45 3
760-153 Match opaque colours 60 4
760-162 Prepare surfaces for finishing 30 2
760-177 Develop finishing schedules 105 7
760-188 Finish new furniture 120 8
760-193 Do touch-ups 45 3
760-202 Take furniture styles into account in their work 30 2
760-211 Strip flat surfaces in good condition 15 1
760-227 Apply special finishes 105 7
760-238 Refinish furniture 120 8
760-246 Restore furniture 90 6
760-252 Determine their suitability for starting a business 30 2
760-264 Enter the work force 60 4
900 60
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