Cabinetmaking and Furniture Technician

Algonquin College s Cabinetmaking and Furniture Technician program trains skilled craftspeople for work in the residential and commercial furniture making industry.

Our Program
This two-year Ontario College Diploma program delivered in a compressed format over 45 weeks prepares students to work in the cabinetmaking and woodworking industry, producing both traditional and contemporary furniture and commercial cabinetry. Cabinet and furniture technicians design components using hand and power tools to build cabinetry to industry specifications.

We deliver this program out of our brand new Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence (ACCE) facility fully outfitted with new, up-to-date equipment and tools allowing Algonquin to teach the full range of traditional, as well as advanced technology involved in today's cabinet making and furniture industry.

This program is delivered over three consecutive levels. In Level 01 students spend some time gaining a strong foundation of essential skills that employers are looking for from their employees in the areas of mathematics and communications but the vast majority of the time is spent by students gaining knowledge in wood technology, developing skills with hand tools, and on joinery and wood machining practices.

In Level 02, these skills are applied to the construction of traditional and contemporary furniture. Students begin to use more advanced machine techniques, computers, CNC and NC machinery to design and build furniture components. Basic drafting and blueprint reading skills are developed to enable geometric layout in the shop, the making of plans and shop drawings and hand finishing techniques are introduced.

In Level 03 of the program we emphasize production and commercial millwork, as well as kitchen cabinets, the laying of veneers and advanced finishing practices.