NCEA Level 1 Pathways to Engineering
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr L. Moore.
Level 1 Pathways to Engineering students will develop their understanding of the design process and technological practice by producing a seating project. Students will need to keep a record of the making of their project including photos of them in the workshop. The portfolio of their work will be done in PowerPoint.
Written booklets provided by Competenz are an essential component of this course. Booklets and a completed project need to be finished before any credits can be gained in this subject.
This course has an emphasis on developing a broad range of Engineering techniques and practices alongside product design techniques and manufacturing skills.
Students will learn to work with a variety of equipment including CNC plasma table, metal rollers, metal benders, cutting machines, milling machines, metal lathes, welders, and Engineering hand tools.
Subject Expectations:
Attend each lesson without fail. Be ready to work. Apply yourself to the best of your ability. Being close enough or near enough is not good enough. Take pride in your work or expect to have to redo it.
Safety:
Workshop safety protocols must be adhered to. Repeat offending may result in removal from this course on safety grounds, (Danger to self and or others).
Personal Protection Equipment (PPE): Students must wear covered shoes in the workshops. All other Personal Protection Equipment i.e dust coats, eye, and ear protection are available as necessary.
Recommended Prior Learning
A product design course is an advantage, but this course is open to any interested and motivated students.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
The students are charged $70 for materials. If students choose to manufacture projects above this value the additional costs will be calculated and agreed upon prior to the student commencing.
Pathway
Pathways to Engineering is tailored for students along the full spectrum from Fabrication, sheet metal work, Mechanical Engineering to University and Tertiary study in Design, Industrial Design and so forth.
Additional transferable skills include CAD to CAM manufacturing, Divergent thinking and problem solving.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
Total Credits Available: 24 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 24 credits.
External
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Disclaimer
COURSE COSTS AND STANDARDS MAY CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE