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Not available in 2012

Previously offered in 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

Formal workshop skills are presented and applied in the context of Design and Technology. Workshop safety and basic workshop practices and process are introduced. The relationship between prototypes and industrial production is defined. Risk assessment and management, with a specific focus on school workshops, are a focus of the course.

Objectives
1. Introduces safety and basic workshop practices.
2. Introduces students to risk management processes and documentation.
3. Involves student in minor design projects.
4. Provides experience with metal joining procedures.
5. Effectively communicate technological information related to design problems
Content
Students will complete exercises developing skills in the following areas;
1 Workshop Safety and Fabrication
2 Basic Maching Processes
3 Defining the Relationship between Process and Materials
4 Defining the Relationship between Prototypes and Industrial Production
5. Risk assessment and management
Replacing Course(s)
NA
Transition
NA
Industrial Experience
0
Assumed Knowledge
Nil
Modes of Delivery
Internal Mode
Teaching Methods
Self Directed Learning
Student Projects
Assessment Items
Other: (please specify)
Mastery learning of a range of production processes
Projects
Design and manufacture project
Reports
Risk assessment and management
Contact Hours
Workshop: for 3 hour(s) per Week for Full Term