Stage 1 Timber Solutions

LENGTH OF COURSE: Semester or Full Year
ASSUMED BACKGROUND: Successful completion of a Year 10 Timber Solutions course is an advantage.
SUBJECT CHARGES: $150 per semester

CONTENT
Learn to master a range of tools and techniques as you transform wood into stunning creations. From hand tools to advanced machinery, you’ll develop the expertise to bring your design ideas to life. Collaborate with classmates, solve problems, and create functional and beautiful pieces. Discover your passion for woodworking and set the foundation for a rewarding career.

Course content will be a selection of the following:

Process and production skills: Develop knowledge and skills in using hand tools and large machinery safely in a workshop environment. Students are introduced to production techniques used in contemporary furniture design.

Investigating and designing: Knowledge on how to develop design concepts and prepare them for production, using a range of technologies.

Evaluating: Evaluation skills, enabling designed products to be analysed informing good design. Collaborating and managing: Develop plans to manage design tasks, including safe and responsible use of materials and tools. Students learn how to work independently within a collaborative workshop environment.

ASSESSMENT TYPES

Production and process skills:
Ability to design and produce solutions to given criteria using specialised production or design skills.

Knowledge and Understanding:
Design, produce and evaluate your own product. The product to develop can be chosen by the student in collaboration with their teacher as cost, space, time and capacity need to be considered.