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Design and technologies / Year 7 and 8 / Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills

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Curriculum content descriptions

Select and justify choices of materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to effectively and safely make designed solutions (ACTDEP037)

Elaborations

developing technical production skills and safe working practices with independence to produce quality solutions designed for sustainability
practising techniques to improve expertise, for example handling animals, cutting and joining materials
identifying and managing risks in the development of various projects, for example working safely, responsibly, cooperatively and ethically on design projects, assessing uncertainty and risk in relation to long-term health and environmental impacts
developing innovative ways of manipulating technologies using traditional and contemporary materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and considering alternatives including emerging technologies that could be substituted to reduce waste or time

General capabilities

Literacy
Personal and social capability
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability

ScOT terms

Materials, Design, Tools, Work health and safety, Procedures

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