Stage 2 Timber Solutions
ASSUMED BACKGROUND: Successful completion of a Stage 1 Timber Solutions course is an advantage.
SUBJECT CHARGES: $200
CONTENT
In Stage 2 Timber Solutions, you’ll take your skills to the next level by designing and creating your own unique project. Learn advanced techniques, experiment with different timbers, and master the art of craftsmanship. From concept to completion, you’ll develop the skills to turn your ideas into reality.
Course content will be a selection of the following:
Process and production skills: Develop knowledge and skills in using tools and machinery safely in a workshop environment. Students develop their knowledge of processes applicable to their designed product.
Investigating and designing: Knowledge on how to develop design concepts and prepare them for production, using a range of technologies.
Evaluating: Investigate material options and perform tests to inform 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
Specialist Skills Tasks (20%):
Ability to design and produce solutions to given criteria using specialised production or design skills.
Design Portfolio & Product (50%):
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.
Resource Study (30%}:
Evaluation of two materials or components.
Investigation of an ethical, social, economic, legal or environmental issue their product presents.
