Level 2 Design Technology

In Design Technology, students develop skills by designing and making useful Products.

Students are expected to take their high-quality Prototype Products home with them on completion of their course.

Over the year, students will develop their skills in the Design Technology practical area, further developing their skills in how to research, analyse, design, and make products, using a range of tools and equipment including Computer Aided Design and Manufacture, laser cutting and 3D Printing.

Students will work on a Design and Make project within a Context / Theme. 

Within the given Context / Theme, students will research, design, develop, manufacture, and test their own Prototype Product for a specific purpose and Customer / Stakeholders of their choosing.

Throughout the course Students will complete a Design Portfolio using Google Slides, which will document their research, designing, making, and testing. 

This portfolio of work will be used to assess their project work against Technology Achievement Standards.

In Year 12, students should expect to learn, develop, and use complex skills and techniques with independence and creativity.

Advanced procedures using resistant materials 

• Advanced joinery: including mortise and tenon, loose tenons, laminating

• Create products with specific features, which require planning, execution, and thorough testing.

• Precision machining: Introduction to CNC 

• Forming processes: Bending, shaping, vacuum forming

• Surface treatments: Introduction to advanced finishing techniques

• Assembly techniques: Introduction to complex fastening systems
  
  

Workshop Safety:

• Machine Tools
• Power Tools (including Routers and biscuit jointers)
• Increased independent Laser Cutter use
• Intro to CNC

Quality Assurance and Testing

• Implement testing protocols for strength, durability, and function